1. Introduction. 2. Trading Mechanisms. 3. The Roll Model of Trade Prices. 4. Univariate Time-Series Analysis. 5. Sequential Trade Models. 6. Order Flow And The Probability of Informed Trading. 7. Strategic Trade Models. 8. A Generalized Roll Model. 9. Multivariate Linear Microstructure Models....

This paper investigates an important feature of market design: pre-trade transparency, defined as the availability of information about pending trading interest in the market. We look at how the NYSE´s introduction of OpenBook, which enables traders off the exchange floor to observe depth in...

This paper investigates the information content of signals about the identity of investors and whether they affect price formation. We use a dataset from Finland that combines information about the identity of investors with complete order flow records. While we document that investors use...

We use a laboratory market to investigate how the ability to hide orders affects traders' strategies and market outcomes. We examine three market structures: Visible markets in which all orders must be displayed, Iceberg markets in which a minimum size must be displayed, and Hidden markets in...

We use a laboratory market to investigate how the ability to hide orders affects traders' strategies and market outcomes in a limit order book environment. We find that order strategies are greatly affected by allowing hidden liquidity, with traders substituting non-displayed for displayed...

We use a laboratory market to investigate the behavior of traders who lack informational advantages and have no exogenous reason to trade. We find that these uninformed traders behave largely as irrational contrarian “noise traders,” trading against recent price movements to their own...

We propose a mechanism that relates asset returns to the firm's optimal listing choice. We use a theoretical model to show that a stock will be more liquid when it is listed on a market where “similar” securities are traded. We empirically examine the implications of our model using New York...

We examine the dynamic relation between return and volume of individual stocks. Using a simple model in which investors trade to share risk or speculate on private information, we show that returns generated by risk-sharing trades tend to reverse themselves while returns generated by speculative...