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In the Kyle (1985) model, if the prior variance of fundamental value Σ_0 increases, what happens to the market's liquidity (as measured by Kyle's lambda λ)?

  1. Liquidity remains constant because λ only depends on the volume of noise traders.
  2. Liquidity increases (λ decreases) because more information is being incorporated into the price.
  3. Liquidity decreases (λ increases) because the market maker fears greater losses to the informed trader.
  4. Liquidity increases because the informed trader will trade less aggressively.

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