Artikel

Behavioral heterogeneity and financial markets: Locked/crossed quotes under informationally efficient pricing

Market professionals and regulators have been concerned by locked/crossed quotes (negative quoted spreads) for years. To ease the concerns that locked/crossed quotes may cause confusion or instability in financial markets and to promote market efficiency, the Securities and Exchange Commission implemented rules that ban locked/crossed quotes. We consider a competitive financial market that does not contain the factors considered by market professionals and regulators consider as the origins of locked/crossed quotes. We find that if there are at least three types of traders in this financial market, locked/crossed quotes can arise naturally under efficient pricing. These locked/crossed quotes reflect information transmitted in financial markets, facilitating price discovery. Hence, regulations banning locked/crossed quotes are inappropriate, as these regulations may harm the efficiency of price discovery.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Cogent Economics & Finance ; ISSN: 2332-2039 ; Volume: 5 ; Year: 2017 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-22 ; Abingdon: Taylor & Francis

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
adverse selection
locked/crossed quotes
behavioral heterogeneity

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Xu, Youzong
Li, Bo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Taylor & Francis
(wo)
Abingdon
(wann)
2017

DOI
doi:10.1080/23322039.2017.1384524
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Xu, Youzong
  • Li, Bo
  • Taylor & Francis

Entstanden

  • 2017

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