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Demand Storage, Market Liquidity, and Price Volatility

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  • Marcus G. Daniels
  • J. Doyne Farmer
  • Giulia Iori
  • Eric Smith

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The limit order book is a device for storing demand and effecting trades that is the primary mechanism for price formation in most modern financial markets. We study the limit order book under a random process model of order flow, using simulations and an analytic treatment based on a master equation. We make testable predictions of the price diffusion rate, the depth of stored demand vs. price, the bid-ask spread, and the price impact. Our model provides an explanation for the empirically observed concave form of the price impact function.

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  • Marcus G. Daniels & J. Doyne Farmer & Giulia Iori & Eric Smith, 2002. "Demand Storage, Market Liquidity, and Price Volatility," Working Papers 02-01-001, Santa Fe Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:wop:safiwp:02-01-001
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    Financial markets; price formation; volatility; liquidity; master equation; random process; limit orders; dimensional analysis;

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