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Journal of Banking & Finance Vol. 32 No. 8 2008

Decomposing liquidity along the limit order book

David A. Rakowski1; Xiaoxin Wang Beardsley

1 Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Abstract

In this paper, we estimate the asymmetric information and order processing components of liquidity at extended depths along the limit order book. Using data from the INET ECN, we find that the asymmetric information component decreases as depth increases. Inactive stocks have more information asymmetry at the inside quotes, but it decreases more rapidly along the book than for active stocks. The order processing component of liquidity has fixed and variable constituents, consistent with a fixed cost per order as well as a variable portion based on the size of the order.

DOI
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.11.020
Volume
32
Issue
8
Pages
1687-1698
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib

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