Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/100866 
Year of Publication: 
1998
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 98-9
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Abstract: 
We report the results of an experiment designed to investigate the behavior of quoted spreads in multiple-dealer markets. We manipulate verbal communication (not allowed and allowed) and order preferencing (not allowed, allowed, and allowed with order-flow payment) between eighteen sessions. Without preferencing, spreads are wider when communication is allowed. With preferencing (and no order-flow payments), individuals do not have incentives to narrow the spread and a wide spread may be maintained without a collusive agreement. However, spreads narrow somewhat when individuals are given the opportunity to compete using alternatives to price (that is, payment for order flow).
Subjects: 
Financial markets
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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