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Journal of Banking & Finance Vol. 29 No. 12 2005

Sources of liquidity for NYSE-listed non-US stocks

Jeffrey M. Bacidore1; Robert H. Battalio2; Neal Galpin3; Robert Jennings3

1 Goldman Sachs (United States) · 2 University of Notre Dame · 3 Indiana University Bloomington

Abstract

We examine the components of displayed (quoted) liquidity and the amount of non-displayed liquidity on the NYSE for a sample of non-US stocks. Consistently with prior work, non-US stocks have less displayed liquidity than similar US stocks. Extending prior research, we find that this is true both in the limit order book and on the floor. As Domowitz et al. [Domowitz, I., Glen, J., Madhavan, A., 1998. International cross-listing and order flow migration: Evidence from and emerging market. Journal of Finance 53, 2001–2027] posit, non-US stocks from transparent/linked home markets have more displayed NYSE liquidity when the home market is open but non-US stocks from opaque/non-linked home markets have more NYSE displayed liquidity when the home market is closed. Non-US and US stocks have similar supplies of non-displayed liquidity, consistent with the idea that the conditional nature of non-displayed liquidity allows NYSE traders to mitigate adverse selection problems inherent in trading non-US stocks. Our results imply that non-US stocks have less total (displayed plus non-displayed) liquidity than US stocks.

DOI
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.11.006
Volume
29
Issue
12
Pages
3075-3098
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib

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