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Refusing the best price?

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  • Li, Sida
  • Ye, Mao
  • Zheng, Miles

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The Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS) links fragmented stock exchanges by routing orders to the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO). As the NBBO ignores exchange fees, 62% of routings lead to worse net prices. An increase in fee differences increases the market share captured by orders that refuse Reg NMS routings, particularly for stocks whose fees account for a large portion of transaction costs. Heterogeneous opportunity costs rationalize routing choices: non-routable orders entail lower non-execution costs than routable orders. Our results indicate that fees and clientele segmentation drive the proliferation of order types in the Reg NMS era.

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  • Li, Sida & Ye, Mao & Zheng, Miles, 2023. "Refusing the best price?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 147(2), pages 317-337.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfinec:v:147:y:2023:i:2:p:317-337
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.11.004
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