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Closing auctions set daily closing prices for U.S. stocks and account for a striking 7.5% of daily volume in 2018, up from 3.1% in 2010. We study the causes and implications of this major trend. Difference-in-difference analyses suggest that closing volume is fueled directly and indirectly by...
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A model of infrequent rebalancing can explain specific predictability patterns in the time-series and cross-section of stock returns. First, infrequent rebalancing produces return autocorrelations that are consistent with empirical evidence from intraday returns and new evidence from daily...
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I investigate seasonalities in a set of well-known anomalies in the cross-section of U.S. stock returns. A January seasonality goes beyond a size effect and strongly affects most anomalies, which can even switch sign in January. Return seasonality exists outside of January depending on the month...
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Despite strong theoretical predictions based on disagreement, limited empirical evidence has linked short selling restrictions to higher prices. We test this relationship using quasi-experimental methods based on Rule 201, a threshold-based policy that restricts aggressive short selling when...
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We develop measures of stock-specific trading activity based on durations of sequences of consecutive trades with fixed cumulative values. Trade sizes and signed-trade imbalances rise with activity, while price impacts generally fall, but not always, due to endogenous variation in liquidity...
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The option implied volatility spread and skew predict stock returns. These variables also reflect the expected cost of borrowing stock to sell short. The stock borrowing fee implied from options prices predicts changes in quoted borrowing fees and stock returns; however, the volatility spread...
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