Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/60560 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 184
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
We show that Treasury bill auction procedures create classes of price-equivalent discount rates for bills with fewer than seventy-two days to maturity. We argue that it is inefficient for market participants to bid at a discount rate that is not the minimum rate in its class. The inefficiency of bidding at a rate other than the minimum is related to a quantity shortfall rather than an unexploited profit opportunity. Auction results for weekly offerings of four-week bills and occasional offerings of cash management bills show that market participants frequently bid at inefficient rates. However, they are more likely to bid at efficient rates than chance would suggest.
JEL: 
G14
H63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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