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Incomplete Markets and Incentives to Set Up an Options Exchange*

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  • Franklin Allen

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Douglas Gale

    (University of Pittsburgh)

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Traditional analyses with incomplete markets take the securities that are traded as exogenous. In this paper we endogenize the market structure by considering incentives to introduce (costly) options exchanges which issue derivative securities. The method of financing the exchange is critical in determining whether the market structure is socially efficient. If the exchange can charge fees to all agents and make every agent's participation a necessary condition for establishing the exchange then the market structure chosen in equilibrium is efficient. However, if either of these conditions is not satisfied then an inefficient market structure may be chosen. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory (1990) 15, 17–46. doi:10.1007/BF01498458

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  • Franklin Allen & Douglas Gale, 1990. "Incomplete Markets and Incentives to Set Up an Options Exchange*," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 15(1), pages 17-46, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:genrir:v:15:y:1990:i:1:p:17-46
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    2. José M. Marín & Rohit Rahi, 2000. "Information Revelation and Market Incompleteness," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 67(3), pages 563-579.
    3. Prechac, Christophe, 1996. "Existence of equilibrium in incomplete markets with intermediation costs," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 373-380.
    4. Sichei, Moses Muse & Tiriongo, Samuel & Shimba, Chris, 2012. "Segmentation and efficiency of the interbank market in Kenya," KBA Centre for Research on Financial Markets and Policy Working Paper Series 1, Kenya Bankers Association (KBA).
    5. Bohn, Henning, 1995. "Towards a theory of incomplete financial markets A review essay," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 433-449, November.
    6. Allen, Franklin & Carletti, Elena, 2006. "Credit risk transfer and contagion," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(1), pages 89-111, January.
    7. Kawamura, Enrique, 2004. "Investors's distrust and the marketing of new financial assets," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 265-295, May.

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