Bubbles and incentives:an experiment on asset markets
作者机构:Grenoble INP Institute of Engineering and ManagementGrenoble Applied Economics Laboratory(GAEL)University of Grenoble AlpesGrenobleFrance French National Centre for Scientific Research(CNRS)ParisFrance National Institute for Agricultural Research(INRA)ParisFrance Clermont Research Management(CleRMA)University of Clermont AuvergneClermont-FerrandFrance University of LyonLyonFrance Group of Economic Analysis and Theory(GATE)French National Centre for Scientific Research(CNRS)EcullyFrance Institute of Labour Economics(IZA)BonnGermany
出 版 物:《Economic and Political Studies》 (经济与政治研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2021年第9卷第1期
页 面:68-89页
学科分类:0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学]
基 金:Financial support from Agence Nationale de la Recherche[Grant No.ANR BLAN07-3_185547,EMIR project]is gratefully acknowledged This project has been performed in the framework of the LABEX CORTEX[ANR-11-LABX-0042]of Universite de Lyon,within the program Investissements d’Avenir[ANR-11-IDEX-007]operated by Agence Nationale de la Recherche(ANR)
主 题:Asset market bubbles incentives bonuses risk attitudes experiment
摘 要:We explore the effects of competitive incentives and of their time horizon on the evolution of both asset prices and trading activity in experimental asset *** compare(i)a no-bonus treatment;(ii)a short-term bonus treatment in which bonuses are assigned to the best performers at the end of each trading period;(iii)a long-term bonus treatment in which bonuses are assigned to the best performers at the end of the 15 periods of the *** find that the existence of bonus contracts does not increase the likelihood of bubbles but it affects their severity,depending on the time horizon of *** with longterm bonus contracts experience lower price deviations and a lower turnover of assets than markets with either no bonuses or long-term bonus ***-term bonus contracts increase price deviations but only when markets include a higher share of male *** the individual level,the introduction of bonus contracts increases the trading activity of males,probably due to their higher competitiveness.