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Is short-term reversal driven by liquidity provision in emerging markets? Evidence from China

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  • Neszveda, Gábor
  • Till, Gábor
  • Timár, Barnabás
  • Varga, Marcell

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Studies focusing on the U.S. stock markets argue that the short-term reversal is related to liquidity provision. We test the implications of the theory of liquidity provision to investigate the profitability of reversal trading strategies in the Chinese markets. We find highly robust and puzzling patterns that are mainly inconsistent with findings in the U.S. markets and liquidity provision. There is a momentum based on the most recent day instead of reversal, only few specific days drive the profitability of the reversal strategies, and even these profits do not depend on liquidity constraints as liquidity provision theory implies.

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  • Neszveda, Gábor & Till, Gábor & Timár, Barnabás & Varga, Marcell, 2022. "Is short-term reversal driven by liquidity provision in emerging markets? Evidence from China," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:50:y:2022:i:c:s1544612322004251
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2022.103220
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    Keywords

    Liquidity provision; Short-term reversal; Stock returns; China;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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