We suggest a procedure to predict individual stock liquidity and study the relation between stock liquidity forecasts and average stock returns. Our forecast model reduces the root-mean-squared error by 12% for the Amihud (2002) liquidity measure compared to realized stock liquidity in the...

Mutual fund families are increasingly assigning traders to manage corporate bond mutual funds. Using this setting to study the role of traders in investment management, we document that trader managers identify and exploit short-term trading opportunities at lower transaction costs. These skills...

We analyze the impact of market frictions on trading volume and liquidity premia of finite maturity assets when investors differ in their trading needs. Our equilibrium model generates a clientele effect (frequently trading investors only hold short-term assets) and predicts i) a hump-shaped...

Die Blockchain-Technologie wurde 2009 als technologische Basis der Kryptowährung Bitcoin erstmals implementiert. Ihr wird das Potential nachgesagt, eine disruptive Technologie zu sein, die zu nachhaltigen Veränderungen in vielen Bereichen des Wirtschaftslebens führen kann. In diesem Beitrag...