We ask whether foreign equity ownership increases or decreases the stability of information signals that are absorbed into prices, hence affecting price volatility and the quality of the domestic stock market in an emerging economy. We address both the effect of ownership restrictions...

The use of automated auctions to trade equities, derivatives, bonds and foreign exchange has increased dramatically in recent years. Trading in automated auctions occurs through an electronic limit order book without the need for dealers. Automated auctions offer advantages of speed and...

A key focus of empirical work on limit order markets is the relative importance of individual pieces of information in characterizing order submission and trade execution. We enlarge this focus to include an examination of pricing behavior, using data on index futures trading in a pure...

We ask whether foreign equity ownership increases or decreases the stability of information signals that are absorbed into prices, hence affecting price volatility and the quality of the domestic stock market in an emerging economy. We address both the effect of ownership restrictions...

Automated trade execution systems are examined with respect to the degree to which they automate the price discovery process. Seven levels of automation of price discovery are identified, and 47 systems are classified according to these criteria. Systems operating at various levels of automation...

A taxonomy of existing and planned automated trade execution systems in financial markets is provided. Over 50 automated market structures in 16 countries are analyzed. The classification scheme is organized around the principle that such markets consist of an algorithm that performs a trade...