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An experimental study of circuit breakers: The effects of mandated market closures and temporary halts on market behavior

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  • Ackert, Lucy F.
  • Church, Bryan
  • Jayaraman, Narayanan

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This paper analyzes the effect of circuit breakers on price behavior, trading volume, and profit-making ability in a market setting. We conduct nine experimental asset markets to compare behavior across three regulatory regimes: market closure, temporary halt, and no interruption. The presence of a circuit breaker rule does not affect the magnitude of the absolute deviation in price from fundamental value or trading profit. The primary driver of behavior is information asymmetry in the market. By comparison, trading activity is significantly affected by the presence of a circuit breaker. Mandated market closures cause market participants to advance trades.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Financial Markets.

Volume (Year): 4 (2001)
Issue (Month): 2 (April)
Pages: 185-208

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Handle: RePEc:eee:finmar:v:4:y:2001:i:2:p:185-208

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  1. Gil-Bazo, Javier & Moreno, David & Tapia, Mikel, 2005. "Mercados de agentes computacionales," Open Access publications from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid info:hdl:10016/791, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
  2. Michael A. Goldstein & Kenneth A. Kavajecz, . "Liquidity Provision during Circuit Breakers and Extreme Market Movements," Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers 01-00, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research.
  3. Lucy F. Ackert & Bryan K. Church & Narayanan Jayaraman, 2002. "Circuit breakers with uncertainty about the presence of informed agents: I know what you know . . . I think," Working Paper 2002-25, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  4. Darren Duxbury, 2005. "Experimental evidence on trading behavior, market efficiency and price formation in double auctions with unknown trading duration," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(8), pages 475-497.
  5. Hsieh, Ping-Hung & Kim, Yong H. & Yang, J. Jimmy, 2009. "The magnet effect of price limits: A logit approach," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 830-837, December.

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