Huang, Han-Ching; Su, Yong-Chern; Wang, Hsin-Ying - In: The International Journal of Business and Finance Research 9 (2015) 1, pp. 121-128
We examine the dynamic relationship between self-tender returns, volatility and order imbalances. Since market makers care more about volatilities than inventory risk, they tend to lower the bid-ask spread to mitigate volatility. This result is different from the previous argument whereby market...