ETF markets generally provide high levels of liquidity but occasionally break down under turbulent conditions. We show that this seemingly ambivalent behavior can optimally arise in an inventory model of market making that explicitly accounts for the ETF specific dual trading structure. Our...

Using Institutional Investors (I/I) and Extel rankings and I/B/E/S data for European analysts over 15 years, we show that European analyst rankings are determined more by popularity than by intrinsic skills, the first determinant of recognition being employer size. Becoming an I/I star is like...

Based on a sample of 15 European countries, this survey analyses various features of the European IPO (Initial Public Offering) market over the period from 1995 to 2004: listing requirements, IPO-mechanism choices, performance and secondary market liquidity.First, the comparison of national...