The effect of social comparison and trader interaction in experimental asset markets

• Main Authors: Chen, Xi, Liu, Chao, Zhang, Yuejiao
• Other Authors: Yohanes Eko Riyanto
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62861
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The newly emerged trend of social trading is rarely discussed in experimental economics. In this paper, we seek to understand how pricing and trading liquidity are related to the different types of trader interaction on social trading platforms. We find that markets with option of ‘Copying’ and ‘De...