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Short Sales Constraints, Liquidity and Price Discovery: An Empirical Analysis on the Paris Bourse

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  • Bruno Biais
  • Christophe Bisière
  • Jean‐Paul Décamps

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In the Paris Bourse some stocks are traded on a spot basis, while others are traded on a monthly settlement basis. The latter are likely to be less subject to leverage and short sales constraints. We empirically analyse the consequences of this difference for the order flow and the return process. Consistent with the theoretical analysis of Diamond and Verrechia (1987), we find that market sell orders are less frequent on the spot market than on the monthly settlement market (although not very significantly) and that the spot market reflects good news (significantly) faster than bad news.

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  • Bruno Biais & Christophe Bisière & Jean‐Paul Décamps, 1999. "Short Sales Constraints, Liquidity and Price Discovery: An Empirical Analysis on the Paris Bourse," European Financial Management, European Financial Management Association, vol. 5(3), pages 395-410, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:eufman:v:5:y:1999:i:3:p:395-410
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-036X.00101
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    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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