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Equilibrium asset pricing and portfolio choice under asymmetric information

Biais, B., Bossaerts, P. & Spatt, C. (2010). Equilibrium asset pricing and portfolio choice under asymmetric information. Review of Financial Studies, 23(4), pp. 1503-1543. doi: 10.1093/rfs/hhp113

Abstract

We analyze theoretically and empirically the implications of information asymmetry for equilibrium asset pricing and portfolio choice. In our partially revealing dynamic rational expectations equilibrium, portfolio separation fails, and indexing is not optimal. We show how uninformed investors should structure their portfolios, using the information contained in prices to cope with winner's curse problems. We implement empirically this price- contingent portfolio strategy. Consistent with our theory, the strategy outperforms economically and statistically the index. While momentum can arise in the model, in the data, the momentum strategy does not outperform the price-contingent strategy, as predicted by the theory.

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Departments: School of Policy & Global Affairs > Economics
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