This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data
[ Papers |
Articles |
Software |
Books |
Chapters |
Authors |
Institutions |
JEL Classification |
NEP reports |
Search |
New papers by email |
Author registration |
Rankings |
Volunteers |
FAQ |
Blog |
Help! ]
Trader Anonymity, Price Formation and Liquidity Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Erik Theissen
Additional information is available for the following
registered author(s):
Using data from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange we analyze price formation and liquidity in a non-anonymous environment with similarities to the floor of the NYSE. Our main hypothesis is that the non-anonymity allows the specialist to assess the probability that a trader trades on the basis of private information. He uses this knowledge to price discriminate. This can be achieved by quoting a large spread and granting price improvement to traders deemed uninformed. Consistent with our hypothesis we find that price improvement reflects lower adverse selection costs but does not lead to a reduction in the specialist's profit. Further, the quote adjustment following transactions at the quoted bid or ask price is more pronounced than the quote adjustment after transactions at prices inside the spread. Our results indicate that anonymity comes at the cost of higher adverse selection risk.
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
page . Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
Paper provided by University of Bonn, Germany in its series Bonn Econ Discussion Papers with number
bgse20_2002.
Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
(with abstract ),
plain text
(with abstract ),
BibTeX ,
RIS (EndNote, RefMan, ProCite),
ReDIF
Length: 43
Date of creation: Aug 2002Date of revision:
Handle: RePEc:bon:bonedp:bgse20_2002Contact details of provider: Postal: Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn, Adenauerallee 24 - 26, 53113 Bonn, Germany Fax: +49 228 73 9221 Web page: http://www.bgse.uni-bonn.de/index.php?id=494
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Daniel Park).
Keywords: anonymity ; bid-ask spreads ; floor trading ; price improvement ; specialists ; Find related papers by JEL classification: G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports :
References listed on IDEAS Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile , click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.: Brian F. Smith, 2001.
"Upstairs Market for Principal and Agency Trades: Analysis of Adverse Information and Price Effects ,"
Journal of Finance ,
American Finance Association, vol. 56(5), pages 1723-1746, October.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Harris, Jeffrey H. & Schultz, Paul H., 1998.
"The trading profits of SOES bandits1 ,"
Journal of Financial Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 50(1), pages 39-62, October.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Nicholas Economides & Robert A. Schwartz,, .
"Equity Trading Practices and Market Structure: Assessing Asset Managers' Demand for Immediacy ,"
Financial Networks
9508, Economics of Networks.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: Grammig, Joachim & Schiereck, Dirk & Theissen, Erik, 2001.
"Knowing me, knowing you: : Trader anonymity and informed trading in parallel markets ,"
Journal of Financial Markets ,
Elsevier, vol. 4(4), pages 385-412, October.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Madhavan, Ananth & Sofianos, George, 1998.
"An empirical analysis of NYSE specialist trading1 ,"
Journal of Financial Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 189-210, May.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Chung, Kee H. & Van Ness, Bonnie F. & Van Ness, Robert A., 1999.
"Limit orders and the bid-ask spread ,"
Journal of Financial Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 53(2), pages 255-287, August.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Forster, Margaret M. & George, Thomas J., 1992.
"Anonymity in securities markets ,"
Journal of Financial Intermediation ,
Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 168-206, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Huang, Roger D. & Stoll, Hans R., 1996.
"Dealer versus auction markets: A paired comparison of execution costs on NASDAQ and the NYSE ,"
Journal of Financial Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 41(3), pages 313-357, July.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Erik Theissen, 2002.
"Floor versus Screen Trading: Evidence from the German Stock Market ,"
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) ,
Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 158(1), pages 32-, March.
Other versions: G. Geoffrey Booth & Ji-Chai Lin & Teppo Martikainen & Yiuman Tse, 2002.
"Trading and Pricing in Upstairs and Downstairs Stock Markets ,"
Review of Financial Studies ,
Oxford University Press for Society for Financial Studies, vol. 15(4), pages 1111-1135.
Hasabrouck, Joel & Sofianos, George, 1993.
" The Trades of Market Makers: An Empirical Analysis of NYSE Specialists ,"
Journal of Finance ,
American Finance Association, vol. 48(5), pages 1565-93, December.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Admati, Anat R & Pfleiderer, Paul, 1991.
"Sunshine Trading and Financial Market Equilibrium ,"
Review of Financial Studies ,
Oxford University Press for Society for Financial Studies, vol. 4(3), pages 443-81.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
G. Desgranges & T. Foucault, 2001.
"Price Improvements in Financial Markets as a Screening Device ,"
THEMA Working Papers
2001-06, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
[Downloadable!]
Fishman, Michael J & Longstaff, Francis A, 1992.
" Dual Trading in Futures Markets ,"
Journal of Finance ,
American Finance Association, vol. 47(2), pages 643-71, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Benveniste, Lawrence M. & Marcus, Alan J. & Wilhelm, William J., 1992.
"What's special about the specialist? ,"
Journal of Financial Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 61-86, August.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Lee, Charles M C & Ready, Mark J, 1991.
" Inferring Trade Direction from Intraday Data ,"
Journal of Finance ,
American Finance Association, vol. 46(2), pages 733-46, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Glosten, Lawrence R, 1989.
"Insider Trading, Liquidity, and the Role of the Monopolist Specialist ,"
Journal of Business ,
University of Chicago Press, vol. 62(2), pages 211-35, April.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Seppi, Duane J, 1990.
" Equilibrium Block Trading and Asymmetric Information ,"
Journal of Finance ,
American Finance Association, vol. 45(1), pages 73-94, March.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Madhavan, Ananth & Cheng, Minder, 1997.
"In Search of Liquidity: Block Trades in the Upstairs and Downstairs Markets ,"
Review of Financial Studies ,
Oxford University Press for Society for Financial Studies, vol. 10(1), pages 175-203.
Petersen, Mitchell A. & Fialkowski, David, 1994.
"Posted versus effective spreads *1: Good prices or bad quotes? ,"
Journal of Financial Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 269-292, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Manaster, Steven & Mann, Steven C, 1996.
"Life in the Pits: Competitive Market Making and Inventory Control ,"
Review of Financial Studies ,
Oxford University Press for Society for Financial Studies, vol. 9(3), pages 953-75.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Theissen, Erik, 2001.
"A test of the accuracy of the Lee/Ready trade classification algorithm ,"
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money ,
Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 147-165, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Ready, Mark J, 1999.
"The Specialist's Discretion: Stopped Orders and Price Improvement ,"
Review of Financial Studies ,
Oxford University Press for Society for Financial Studies, vol. 12(5), pages 1075-1112.
Easley, David & O'Hara, Maureen, 1987.
"Price, trade size, and information in securities markets ,"
Journal of Financial Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 69-90, September.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Madhavan, Ananth, 1996.
"Security Prices and Market Transparency ,"
Journal of Financial Intermediation ,
Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 255-283, July.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions: Roell, Ailsa, 1990.
"Dual-capacity trading and the quality of the market ,"
Journal of Financial Intermediation ,
Elsevier, vol. 1(2), pages 105-124, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Full
references Cited by : (explanations , Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile , click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.)
Tarun Ramadorai, 2008.
"What determines transaction costs in foreign exchange markets? ,"
International Journal of Finance & Economics ,
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(1), pages 14-25.
[Downloadable!]
Foucault, Thierry & Moinas, Sophie & Theissen, Erik, 2003.
"Does Anonymity Matter in Electronic Limit Order Markets? ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
4091, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions:
Thierry Foucault & Sophie Moinas & Erik Theissen, 2004.
"Does Anonymity Matter in Electronic Limit Order Markets? ,"
Discussion Papers
3, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich.
[Downloadable!] Thierry, FOUCAULT & Sophie, MOINAS & Erik, THEISSEN, 2003.
"Does anonymity matter in electronic limit order markets ? ,"
Les Cahiers de Recherche
784, HEC Paris.
[Downloadable!] Thierry Foucault & Sophie Moinas & Erik Theissen, 2007.
"Does Anonymity Matter in Electronic Limit Order Markets? ,"
Review of Financial Studies ,
Oxford University Press for Society for Financial Studies, vol. 20(5), pages 1707-1747, <.
[Downloadable!] (restricted) Erik Theissen, 2003.
"Organized Equity Markets in Germany ,"
CFS Working Paper Series
2003/17, Center for Financial Studies.
[Downloadable!]
G. Desgranges & T. Foucault, 2001.
"Price Improvements in Financial Markets as a Screening Device ,"
THEMA Working Papers
2001-06, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
[Downloadable!]
Ramadorai, Tarun, 2006.
"Persistence, Performance and Prices in Foreign Exchange Markets ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
5861, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Louis R. Mercorelli & David Michayluk & Anthony D. Hall, 2008.
"Modelling Adverse Selection on Electronic Order-Driven Markets ,"
Research Paper Series
220, Quantitative Finance Research Centre, University of Technology, Sydney.
[Downloadable!]
Access and
download statistics Did you know? You too can volunteer with RePEc.
This page was last updated on 2009-11-17.
This information is provided to you by IDEAS at the Department of Economics , College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , University of Connecticut using RePEc data on a server sponsored by the Society for Economic Dynamics .