This study of initial public offerings (IPOs) carried out on the Berlin and London stock exchanges between 1900 and 1913 casts doubt on the received "law and finance" wisdom that legally mandated investor protection is pivotal to the development of capital markets. IPOs that resulted in official...

An der Londoner Wertpapierbörse wurden am 27. Oktober 1986 eine Reihe von Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen aufgehoben. Dies wird als "Big Bang" bezeichnet. Seither dürfen die Wertpapierhändler gleichzeitig als Vermittler für Anleger wie auch als Händler auf eigene Rechnung tätig werden. Die...

This paper provides an empirical description of the relationshipbetween the trading system operated by a stockexchange and the transaction costs faced by heterogeneous investors who use the exchange. Therecent introduction ofSETS in the London Stock Exchange provides an excellent opportunity...

This paper compares the attractiveness of floor trading and anonymous electronic trading systems. It is argued that in times of low information intensity the insight into the order book of the electronic trading system provides more valuable information than floor trading, but in times of high...