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Competition among Alternative Option Market Structures: Evidence from Eurex vs. Euwax

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Sohnke M. Bartram (Lancaster University)
Frank R. Fehle (University of South Carolina)

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We study option market design by providing a theoretical motivation and comprehensive empirical analysis of two fundamentally different option market structures, the Eurex derivatives exchange and Euwax, the world’s largest market for bank-issued options. These markets exist side-by- side, offering many options with identical or similar characteristics. We motivate the two market structures based on option investor clienteles which differ with respect to the probability of selling the option back to the dealer/issuer before maturity, which in turn affects the investors expected transaction costs. As suggested by the clientele argument, the most important empirical finding is that Euwax ask prices and bid prices are consistently higher than comparable Eurex ask prices and bid prices. The difference of the bid prices is larger, resulting in smaller Euwax bid-ask spreads, which makes Euwax preferable for investors with a high probability of early liquidation. We find that competition from one market reduces bid-ask spreads in the other market.

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Date of creation: 10 Jul 2003
Date of revision: 24 Jul 2003
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Keywords: Options; Market Design; Microstructure; Bid-Ask Spreads;

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G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing

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