Algorithmic trading, the Flash Crash, and coordinated circuit breakers

Exchange officials and policymakers are interested in whether high frequency trading causes excessive price fluctuations and whether to impose circuit breakers in financial markets to combat such fluctuations. We review the literature on these topics and draw some conclusions on the likely impact of circuit breakers on financial markets.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar
Published in:	Borsa Istanbul Review. - Research Department. - Vol. 13.2013, 3, p. 4-9
Publisher:	Research Department

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	G1 - General Financial Markets ; G20 - Financial Institutions and Services. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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