In 2008 The Hong Kong stock exchange introduced a closing call auction, which was subsequently removed in March 2009 after instances of market manipulation1. This paper examines the impact of the introduction and suspension of the closing call auction on market quality. Our empirical analysis...

This paper examines liquidity in the China stock market around the introduction of the CSI 300 Index Futures contract. Two competing hypotheses are tested. Liquidity of constituents stocks in the underlying index may worsen as passive and uninformed investors migrate to the futures market. On...

This study is the first to examine China’s crude oil options market. Using high-frequency data and three different price discovery measures, we conduct a rigorous analysis and find that after its first 8 months of operation, China’s crude oil options market has already played an important...

This study is the first to examine China’s crude oil options market. Using high-frequency data and three different price discovery measures, we conduct a rigorous analysis and find that after its first 8 months of operation, China’s crude oil options market has already played an important...