We analyze in this study cause of herding in a stock market. Information cascades have often been considered as a primary choice. However, we propose alternative explanations in this study. Employing intraday order book data, we suggest including an alternative theory based on search cost of...

We explore in this paper how trading noise, when considered as a market friction, reacts to trading activity. Transactions cost is a good explanation for intraday trading behavior in the market according to our data. Particularly, we show that in general trading brings friction to market....

Using complete intraday orders data, this paper compares strategic liquidity provision of institutions and individuals during price jumps. Consistent with risk-return trade-off models, we find evidence that liquidity provision is increasing with jump size (i.e., strategic liquidity provision)...