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Commonality in equity options liquidity: evidence from European Markets

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  • Thanos Verousis
  • Owain ap Gwilym
  • Nikolaos Voukelatos

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This paper examines commonality in liquidity for individual equity options trading in European markets. We use high-frequency data to construct a novel index of liquidity commonality. The approach is able to explain a substantial proportion of the liquidity variation across individual options. The explanatory power of the common liquidity factor is more pronounced during periods of higher market-wide implied volatility. The common factor's impact on individual options' liquidity depends on options' idiosyncratic characteristics. There is some evidence of systematic liquidity spillover effects across these European exchanges.

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  • Thanos Verousis & Owain ap Gwilym & Nikolaos Voukelatos, 2016. "Commonality in equity options liquidity: evidence from European Markets," The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(12), pages 1204-1223, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurjfi:v:22:y:2016:i:12:p:1204-1223
    DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2016.1188836
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    1. Alejandro Bernales & Thanos Verousis & Nikolaos Voukelatos & Mengyu Zhang, 2020. "What do we know about individual equity options?," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 40(1), pages 67-91, January.
    2. Benzennou, Bouchra & ap Gwilym, Owain & Williams, Gwion, 2020. "Commonality in liquidity across options and stock futures markets," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 32(C).

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