We study marketwide liquidity and trading activity in China. Trading activity increases in up markets more than in down markets, which is consistent with the disposition effect and the large number of unsophisticated retail investors in China. Whereas, on average, liquidity and trading activity...

We examine the impact of China's 2010 margin trading and short selling pilot programme on stock returns and trading volume. The market reacts negatively to both the programme announcement and implementation, with significantly lower returns and trading volumes in the pilot stocks. The negative...

We consider the effectiveness of trailing stop-loss rules which, unlike traditional stop-loss rules, involve the sell trigger price being moved higher to protect profits as prices rise. Our results indicate that while these rules have inferior mean returns to a simple buy-and-hold strategy, they...

Bitcoin is emerging as a popular financial asset and means of transacting. However, little is known about its liquidity. We consider whether various dimensions evident in other asset class liquidity apply to bitcoin liquidity. We find there is both substantial variation in the level of liquidity...

The equity market is more liquid under Democratic than Republican presidencies. This is apparent at the market level but is stronger in small, value stocks and in industries that are more sensitive to Democratic presidents. The effect is robust to different liquidity measures and time periods....

We show, using data for 57 countries over the 1990–2015 period, that investors' risk perceptions are an important determinant of international stock market liquidity. Increased risk perception reduces liquidity around the world, and its impact is not subsumed by other well-documented...

Monthly equity returns in countries with strong governance lead monthly equity returns in countries with weak governance. This predictability is robust to alternative ways of measuring country governance, and holds in and out-of-sample at both the group and individual country levels. Strong...

We document the performance of liquidity proxies in ETFs. Most proxies are developed for use in equities. However, ETFs have lower asymmetric information, more algorithmic trading, and an active primary market where units are frequently created and redeemed. Using a comprehensive database of...