Asset Prices in Segmented and Integrated Markets

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Paolo Guasoni

Boston University - Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Dublin City University - School of Mathematical Sciences; University of Bologna - Department of Statistics

Kwok Chuen Wong

Dublin City University - School of Mathematical Sciences

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Date Written: March 14, 2018

Abstract

This paper evaluates the effect of market integration on prices and welfare, in a model where two Lucas trees grow in separate regions with similar investors. We find equilibrium asset price dynamics and welfare both in segmentation, when each region holds its own asset and consumes its dividend, and in integration, when both regions trade both assets and consume both dividends. Integration always increases welfare. Asset prices may increase or decrease, depending on the time of integration, but decrease on average. Correlation in assets’ returns is zero or negative before integration, but significantly positive afterwards, explaining some effects commonly associated with financialization.

Keywords: asset pricing, integration, financialization, equilibrium

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G15

Suggested Citation

Guasoni, Paolo and Guasoni, Paolo and Wong, Kwok Chuen, Asset Prices in Segmented and Integrated Markets (March 14, 2018). Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 18-5, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3175581 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3175581

Paolo Guasoni (Contact Author)

Boston University - Department of Mathematics and Statistics ( email )

Boston, MA 02215
United States

Dublin City University - School of Mathematical Sciences ( email )

Dublin
Ireland

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University of Bologna - Department of Statistics ( email )

Bologna, 40126
Italy

Kwok Chuen Wong

Dublin City University - School of Mathematical Sciences ( email )

Dublin
Ireland

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