Differentially Private Call Auctions and Market Impact

Emily Diana, Hadi Elzayn, Michael Kearns, Aaron Roth, Saeed Sharifi-Malvajerdi, Juba Ziani

[arXiv]

We propose and analyze differentially private (DP) mechanisms for call auctions as an alternative to the complex and ad-hoc privacy efforts that are common in modern electronic markets. We prove that the number of shares cleared in the DP mechanisms compares favorably to the non-private optimal and provide a matching lower bound. We analyze the incentive properties of our mechanisms and their behavior under natural no-regret learning dynamics by market participants. We include simulation results and connections to the finance literature on market impact.