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Asset Prices and Trading Volume under Fixed Transactions Costs

Journal of Political Economy 2004 112(5), 1054-1090
We propose a dynamic equilibrium model of asset prices and trading volume when agents face fixed transactions costs. We show that even small fixed costs can give rise to large "no‐trade" regions for each agent's optimal trading policy. The inability to trade more frequently reduces the agents' asset demand and in equilibrium gives rise to a significant illiquidity discount in asset prices.