The intuition for this result is as follows. Suppose, for instance, that αpe< 1/2. Inthis case, buyers are on the crowded side of the peripheral market (πb= 1 and πs< 1).Therefore, connected sellers have a strong bargaining position and can trade at pricesabove the core market price in the peripheral market. Because they are better off tradingin the peripheral market, the ICS equilibrium cannot be obtained.16Hence the equilibriumis either ACD or ICB. Which equilibrium is obtained depends on whether unconnectedsellers make offers that are attractive to both types of buyers (the ACD equilibrium) oronly unconnected buyers (the ICB equilibrium). If an unconnected seller’s offer is rejected,he cannot trade in the core. To avoid this outcome, the seller can offer a price low enough tobe acceptable by connected buyers, i.e., a price below the core price. This option becomesrelatively less attractive for the seller when (i) the core market price decreases or (ii) theprice that an unconnected buyer is willing to accept increases, that is, when the likelihoodof finding a counterparty for an unconnected buyer–if he rejects an offer–decreases (i.e.,αpedecreases). Thus, the ICS equilibrium obtains for a sufficiently low core market priceor a sufficiently small αpe(so that the condition pco< (1−ωs)Cb−ωsCsis satisfied).Otherwise, the ACD equilibrium obtains.
The intuition for this result is as follows. Suppose, for instance, that αpe< 1/2. Inthis case, buyers are on the crowded side of the peripheral market (πb= 1 and πs< 1).Therefore, connected sellers have a strong bargaining position and can trade at pricesabove the core market price in the peripheral market. Because they are better off tradingin the peripheral market, the ICS equilibrium cannot be obtained.16Hence the equilibriumis either ACD or ICB. Which equilibrium is obtained depends on whether unconnectedsellers make offers that are attractive to both types of buyers (the ACD equilibrium) oronly unconnected buyers (the ICB equilibrium). If an unconnected seller’s offer is rejected,he cannot trade in the core. To avoid this outcome, the seller can offer a price low enough tobe acceptable by connected buyers, i.e., a price below the core price. This option becomesrelatively less attractive for the seller when (i) the core market price decreases or (ii) theprice that an unconnected buyer is willing to accept increases, that is, when the likelihoodof finding a counterparty for an unconnected buyer–if he rejects an offer–decreases (i.e.,αpedecreases). Thus, the ICS equilibrium obtains for a sufficiently low core market priceor a sufficiently small αpe(so that the condition pco< (1−ωs)Cb−ωsCsis satisfied).Otherwise, the ACD equilibrium obtains.<br>
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