In their seminal Journal of Finance article, Miller, Muthuswamy, and Whaley (MMW) [1994] document that the observed mean reversion of changes in the basis of cash and stock index futures prices is likely illusory. MMW use a simple time-series model to suggest that the apparent mean-reversion in...

This study exploits a unique dataset to determine the relative contribution to price discovery of order flow originating from geographically dispersed ASX servers. It is found that the transactions of traders on the Sydney, Chicago and London servers have a significant impact on price...

This study exploits a unique dataset to determine the relative contribution to price discovery of order flow originating from geographically dispersed ASX servers. It is found that transactions of traders on the Sydney, Chicago and London servers have a significant impact on price volatility....

This study illuminates the difference in the intraday return-volume relationships of spot and index futures. The quantile regression analyses show that the widening effect of the spot trading volume on the distribution of spot returns disappears within a short period of time, whereas that of the...