[PDF][PDF] Market opacity and fragility

G Cespa, X Vives - Available at SSRN, 2022 - blog.iese.edu
We show that, consistent with empirical evidence, access to order flow information allows
traders to supply liquidity via contrarian marketable orders. An informational friction resulting …

Market opacity and fragility: why liquidity evaporates when it is most needed

G Cespa, X Vives - 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
We show that, consistent with empirical evidence, access to order flow information allows
traders to supply liquidity via contrarian marketable orders. Lack of market transparency can …

Do stock exchanges specialize? Evidence from the New Jersey transaction tax proposal

R Irtisam, K Sokolov - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2023 - Elsevier
Exchange ownership in the US is often characterized as excessively concentrated. This
leads to a concern that such concentration may prevent peripheral exchanges from …

The impact of trading fragmentation in securities markets

G Cespa - Handbook of Financial Integration, 2024 - elgaronline.com
Over the past two decades, the world of equity trading has experienced a sequence of
sweeping changes that have drastically modified the way stocks are traded. Up until the end …

Does Queue-Jumping Drive Equity Market Fragmentation?

S Foley, A Liu, E Jarnecic - Available at SSRN 3484590, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
We identify queue-jumping as a key mechanism that causes markets to fragment. We use
the introduction (and partial removal) of the Order Protection Rule, which enforces strict inter …