This paper employs a unique data set to investigate the total price, liquidity and information effects of large institutional trades versus individual trades on three futures contracts traded on the Taiwan Futures Exchange. Several interesting results are obtained. We find that, for the entire...

This study explores the dynamics of the price discovery process between the regular and mini index futures traded on the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX). In contrast to the US futures market, the TAIFEX operates under an automated electronic trading system for both types of contracts. After...

Both Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) offer future contracts based on the Taiwan stock market indices. Due to the structural differences between these two markets, the trading costs and speed of information transmissions are likely to be different. Since TAIFEX...

This study investigates the impact of decimalization (penny pricing) on the arbitrage relationship between index exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and E-mini index futures. Our empirical results reveal that subsequent to penny pricing, there is a significant fall in the mean ex-ante arbitrage profit,...

We examine the impact of decimalization on the relative changes in trading costs, informed trading, and speed of information transmissions between Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and their corresponding index futures. The quotes of ETFs are decimalized on January 29, 2001, while those of index...

On May 1, 2000, the Taiwan government reduced the tax levied on futures transactions on the Taiwan Futures Exchange from 5 to 2.5 basis points. This event provides us with a unique opportunity to test empirically the impact of a tax rate reduction on trading volume, bid-ask spreads, and price...