Using a comprehensive dataset of orders and trades in the Indian government bond market, this study presents new evidence on the effect of funding liquidity on market liquidity. Consistent with models that stress intermediary capital, we find that market liquidity has a strong, positive...

We identify different roles traders play using data with trader identities for all transactions in SENSEX-index stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange from January 2005 to December 2011. Individual day traders (IDT) are identified as "noise traders", who play an important role in the market...

Using data with trader identities for all transactions in SENSEX-index stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange over seven years, we identify individual day traders (IDT) to be “noise traders”, who play an important role in market microstructure models in the literature.IDT contribute 10% to...

This paper examines whether foreign investor heterogeneity plays a role in stock liquidity on a sample of 27,976 firms from 39 countries. Results show that foreign direct ownership is negatively, while foreign portfolio ownership is positively, associated with various measures of stock...

This paper investigates the effect of investor protection on the value impact of stock liquidity. Using a sample of firms from 41 countries for the period between 1996 and 2010, we show that investor protection is positively associated with the value impact of stock liquidity. This association...

This study addresses an important issue about the role of stock market in corporate finance by directly examining the effect of stock liquidity on firm value on a broad sample of firms from 53 countries for the period 1981-2010. Consistent with finance theory, we document a strong positive...