We provide a simple theoretical analysis based on Kyle's (1985) framework, and demonstrate how stock price synchronicity can affect the adverse information risk that market makers face and therefore the liquidity of the stock. Our empirical evidence is consistent with our theoretical conjecture....

Examining the illiquidity premium in stock markets across 45 countries, we find the following. First, the average illiquidity return premium across countries is positive and significant, after controlling for other pricing factors. The premium is measured by monthly return series on...

Consistent with recent theoretical models where binding capital constraints lead to sudden liquidity dry-ups, we find that negative market returns decrease stock liquidity, especially for high volatility stocks and during times of tightness in the funding market. The asymmetric effect of changes...

Fund flows are more correlated among funds with similar investment horizon, consistent with correlated demand for liquidity. We find that stocks held by institutions with more heterogeneous investment horizon are more liquid and have lower volatility of liquidity. Identification tests confirm...

This paper examines the relationship between the stock price synchronicity and analyst activity in emerging markets. Contrary to conventional wisdom that suggests that security analysts specialize in the production of firm-specific information, we find that the security analysts predominantly...

This paper examines how the information flow and trading activity of the Jardine group of companies are affected after they are delisted from Hong Kong. An interesting aspect is that while the trading activity of the five companies in the Group is moved to Singapore, the core business remains in...

This paper studies the dynamic interaction between the net positions of traders and risk premiums in commodity futures markets. Short-term position changes are mainly driven by the liquidity demands of non-commercial traders, while long-term variation is primarily driven by the hedging demands...

This paper documents that crowding by market participants affects the expected return to popular factor strategies such as value, momentum, and carry. Using data published by the CFTC for commodity futures markets, we construct a direct measure of factor strategy crowding that is based on the...

This study shows that, to obtain a precise measure of the liquidity premium in the stock market, it is important to recognize the influence of information uncertainty on the pricing of liquidity. Information uncertainty, which is positively correlated with stock illiquidity but negatively priced...

We propose a modified version of the Amihud illiquidity measure, AdjILLIQ, which performs well in different types of emerging markets. Our AdjILLIQ measure combines the virtues of the original Amihud ratio and the non-trading-frequency measure. It exhibits higher correlation with spread and...