We review the theories on how liquidity affects the required returns of capital assets and the empirical studies that test these theories. The theory predicts that both the level of liquidity and liquidity risk are priced, and empirical studies find the effects of liquidity on asset prices to be...

This paper examines the value effects of improvements in the trading mechanism. Stocks on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange were transferred gradually from a daily call auction to a mechanism where the call auction was followed by iterated continuous trading sessions. This event was associated with a...

Cover -- MARKET LIQUIDITY -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Overview of the Book -- PART I: THE EFFECT OF LIQUIDITY COSTS ON SECURITIES PRICES AND RETURNS -- Introduction and Overview -- CHAPTER 1 Asset Pricing and the Bid-Ask Spread -- Summary and...