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Theory-Based Illiquidity and Asset Pricing

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  • Tarun Chordia
  • Sahn-Wook Huh
  • Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

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Many proxies of illiquidity have been used in the literature that relates illiquidity to asset prices. These proxies have been motivated from an empirical standpoint. In this study, we approach liquidity estimation from a theoretical perspective. Our method explicitly recognizes the analytic dependence of illiquidity on more primitive drivers such as trading activity and information asymmetry. More specifically, we estimate illiquidity using structural formulae in line with Kyle's (1985) lambda for a comprehensive sample of stocks. The empirical results provide evidence that theory-based estimates of illiquidity are priced in the cross-section of expected stock returns, even after accounting for risk factors, firm characteristics known to influence returns, and other illiquidity proxies prevalent in the literature. The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

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  • Tarun Chordia & Sahn-Wook Huh & Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, 2009. "Theory-Based Illiquidity and Asset Pricing," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 22(9), pages 3629-3668, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rfinst:v:22:y:2009:i:9:p:3629-3668
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