We evaluate the informational content of the open limit order book by studying its role in explaining the volatility of the efficient price. We separate transitory (liquidity-driven) volatility from informational (efficient price-related) volatility using a dynamic state-space co-integration...

A stream of literature shows that human attention constraints affect asset pricing in predictable ways. When traders are distracted, stock prices tend to initially underreact to earnings news and then gradually incorporate the news over subsequent weeks. In modern markets, however, the majority...

We show that illiquidity risk matters for asset pricing independently of the specific functional form of the liquidity-based asset pricing model. Employing a non-parametric model-free stochastic discount factor (SDF), estimated using different sets of portfolio returns coming from both the stock...