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The Microstructure of Stock Markets

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  • Biais, Bruno
  • Glosten, Larry
  • Spatt, Chester S

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We survey the literature analysing the price formation and trading process, and the consequences of market organization for price discovery and welfare. We develop a united perspective on theoretical, empirical and experimental approaches. We discuss the evidence on transaction costs and the price impact of trades and its analyses in terms of adverse selection, inventory costs and market power. We review the extent to which the associated frictions can be mitigated by such features of market design as the degree of transparency, the use of call auctions, the discreteness of the pricing grid and the regulation of competition between liquidity suppliers or exchanges.

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  • Biais, Bruno & Glosten, Larry & Spatt, Chester S, 2002. "The Microstructure of Stock Markets," CEPR Discussion Papers 3288, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:3288
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    1. Décamps, Jean-Paul & Lovo, Stefano, 2003. "Market Informational Inefficiency, Risk Aversion and Quantity Grid," IDEI Working Papers 177, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
    2. DESGRANGES, Gabriel & FOUCAULT, Thierry, 2000. "Reputation-based pricing and price improvements in dealership markets," HEC Research Papers Series 716, HEC Paris, revised 01 Mar 2002.
    3. Wu, Liang & Yan, Xin & Fu, Zhiming & Zhang, Rui, 2019. "Do investors choose trade-size according to liquidity, empirical evidence from the S&P 500 index future market," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 28(C), pages 275-280.
    4. Trifan, Emanuela, 2004. "Decision Rules and their Influence on Asset Prices," Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics 139, Darmstadt University of Technology, Department of Law and Economics.
    5. Hans Degryse & Frank De Jong & Maarten Van Ravenswaaij & Gunther Wuyts, 2005. "Aggressive Orders and the Resiliency of a Limit Order Market," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 9(2), pages 201-242.
    6. Trifan, Emanuela, 2004. "Decision Rules and their Influence on Asset Prices," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 37211, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
    7. Giovanni Petrella, 2010. "MiFID, Reg NMS and competition across trading venues in Europe and the USA," Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 18(3), pages 257-271, July.

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    Keywords

    Market microstructure; Liquidity; Bid-ask spread; Market design; Transactions costs;
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General

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