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investors are competitive. The types of the firms are T1, T2, T3 and T4. Each firm has an
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a Bernoulli distribution as Z= 1.5 or -1.5 with equal probability. The prior belief about the
firms type and their fixed returns are given by
T1: 0.3 P(TI) = 0.01
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P(T2)= 0.45
T3: 20
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T4: 1.6
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