This paper examines how the introduction of the extended opening session of the futures market affects stock price behavior around the market opening. On January 1, 2001, the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) extended the trading hours by opening earlier 15 minutes than the Taiwan Stock Exchange...

This paper analyzes the impact of the transfer from a call auction to continuous trading on futures price behavior. Using tick by tick data from the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX), the empirical results show that the reduction in the costs of information asymmetry and an improvement in price...

This paper analyzes the impact of pre-trade transparency on price discovery. On January 1, 2003, the Taiwan Stock Exchange discloses unexecuted orders of the best five bid and ask prices to market participants. This rule change provides an opportunity to examine the impact of transparency on...

As firms rely heavily on R&D for their competitive advantages and as technologies become more integrated and complex, individual performance becomes more difficult and costly for shareholders to govern and evaluate. The information asymmetry problems between employees and shareholders thus may...