The Effects of Decimalization on Return Volatility Components, Serial Correlation and Trading Costs

We examine the composition of return volatility, serial correlation, and trading costs before and after decimalization on the New York Stock Exchange. We decompose the variance of price changes into components associated with public news, rounding errors, and market-making frictions. We find that wh...

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Main Authors: HE, Yan, WU, Chunchi
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/788
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/1787/viewcontent/EffectsDecimalization_2005_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English