TICK SIZE AND COMMONALITY IN LIQUIDITY

Journal Title: Asian Economic and Financial Review - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 4

Abstract

This study suggests that the change of tick size, particularly in a step-function tick system, accounts for cross-sectional variation in market liquidity. We explored the relative significance of commonality in liquidity in a limit order book during the period of tick-size conversion, and empirically examined the interactions of inventory risk and asymmetric information on liquidity co-movements. We observed that market-wide and within-industry commonality in liquidity is ubiquitous before and after tick-size conversion. Moreover, the small spreads and thin limit order book introduced by the narrowed minimum price variation further strengthened liquidity co-movements. We also observed that trade size and trading frequency exhibited significantly negative influences on spread measures before and after tick-size conversion, whereas significantly positive effects persisted for depth constructs. Finally, we documented affluent industry-wide liquidity co-movements before and after tick-size conversion, after accounting for marginal influences of potent idiosyncratic liquidity determinants including volatility, market price, and trade volume. Our empirical evidence reveals that a narrow tick size might generate considerable market-wide liquidity risk and produce adverse effects on market quality.

Authors and Affiliations

Su-Wen Kuo| Ling Tung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Chia-Cheng Chen*| Ling Tung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Chun-Fan You| Chihlee University of Technology, Taiwan

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Su-Wen Kuo, Chia-Cheng Chen*, Chun-Fan You (2017). TICK SIZE AND COMMONALITY IN LIQUIDITY. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 7(4), 431-447. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-2351