This paper provides a definition of global liquidity consistent with its meaning as the “ease of financing” in international financial markets. Using a longer time series and broader sample of countries than in previous studies, it identifies global factors driving cross-border bank flows,...

This paper studies the determinants of global liquidity using data on cross-border bank flows, with a longer time series and broader country sample than previous studies. We define global liquidity as non-price determinants of cross-border credit supply, consistent with its meaning as the...

Purpose: To dissect the dynamic linkages between foreign equity flows, exchange rates and equity returns in the Philippines.Design/Methodology/Approach: Using a parsimonious SVARX-GARCH model and unique daily equity flow data this research models the relationship between net equity flows,...

Current data provide macroeconomic information for a large number of countries and for a long period of time (macro panels). This causes that in these panels slope heterogeneity and crosssection dependence (CSD) are a rule rather than the exception, leading to fixed effects slope estimators to...

Volatility is one of the most important factors of investment decisions. Unexpected information forces the investor to trade abnormally in the market which in turn affects the volatility of the market. But this kind of trading behavior has a different impact on the different market segments....

The financial crisis has fueled interest in alternatives to traditional asset classes that might be less affected by large market gyrations and, thus, provide for a less volatile development of a portfolio. One attempt at selecting stocks that are less prone to extreme risks, is obeyance of...

The financial crisis has fueled interest in alternatives to traditional asset classes that might be less a ected by large market gyrations and, thus, provide for a less volatile development of a portfolio. One attempt at selecting stocks that are less prone to extreme risks, is obeyance of...

We decompose mutual fund flow–driven price pressure into liquidity and information components by measuring the extent to which mutual fund flow-driven trading spills over from the United States (US) to 44 international markets. Our procedure shows that liquidity barriers are greater than...

Using new data from the two U.S. securities information processors (SIPs) between August 6, 2015 and June 30, 2016, we examine claims that high-frequency trading (HFT) firms use direct feeds to exploit traders who rely on SIP prices. Across $3.7 trillion of trades, the SIPs report quote updates...

This document contains supporting materials for the article "How Rigged Are Stock Markets? Evidence from Microsecond Timestamps" by Robert P. Bartlett, III and Justin McCrary.The paper to which this Appendix applies is available at the following URL: "https://ssrn.com/abstract=2812123"...