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Market Microstructure: An Examination of the Effects on Intraday Event Studies

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  • BELINDA MUCKLOW

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. This paper examines the implications for intraday event studies of market microstructure factors. It shows how market microstructure factors affect the price process and consequent issues that may arise when event studies are performed over successively shorter time intervals. These issues are examined empirically to determine the most effective way to deal with them. The issues examined are how to deal with time intervals with no trading, the choice of abnormal returns measurement, and the choice of statistical tests to determine if there is a significant price change, the increase in power of the statistical tests that can be attained from examining intraday rather than daily intervals. In conclusion, the best methods to detect price reactions at the intraday level are not the same as those that are currently standard practice for detecting price changes at the daily level. Additionally, intraday event studies are shown to detect significantly smaller price changes than is possible by performing daily event studies; this conclusion depends on the price reaction occurring within the time interval examined. Résumé. L'auteure examine queues sont les conséquences des facteurs relatifs à la microstructure du marché sur les études événementielles effectuées à l'intérieur d'une même journée. Elle décrit comment ces facteurs influent sur le processus d'établissement des prix et les questions que peut soulever la réalisation d'études événementielles à intervalles successifs plus courts. Ces questions, qu'elle examine sous l'angle empirique afin de déterminer la façon la plus efficace de les résoudre, sont les suivantes: le traitement des intervalles de temps pendant lesquels le marché est inactif, le choix de la mesure des rendements anormaux, le choix des tests statistiques visant à déterminer si une variation de prix est significative, et la puissance accrue des tests statistiques lorsque les études événementielles sont découpées par intervalles horaires plutôt que quotidiens. En conclusion, les méthodes les plus efficaces pour détecter les variations de prix à l'intérieur d'une même journée ne sont pas les mêmes que celles qui sont couramment utilisées pour détecter les variations de prix à intervalle quotidien. Il est, en outre, établi que les études événementielles effectuées à l'intérieur d'une même journée permettent de détecter des variations de prix beaucoup plus faibles que ne le permettent les études événementielles effectuées à intervalle quotidien; cette conclusion dépend du comportement des prix à l'intérieur de l'intervalle de temps examiné.

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  • Belinda Mucklow, 1994. "Market Microstructure: An Examination of the Effects on Intraday Event Studies," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(2), pages 355-382, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:10:y:1994:i:2:p:355-382
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1994.tb00397.x
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