What Constrains Liquidity Provision? Evidence from Hedge Fund Trades
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What Constrains Liquidity Provision? Evidence From Institutional Trades
What Constrains Liquidity Provision? Evidence From Hedge Fund Trades
Date Written: April 2019
Abstract
The paper investigates the determinants of limits of arbitrage for liquidity providers. Using data on institutional transactions, we find that hedge funds' liquidity provision is more exposed to financial conditions than that of other institutions, notably mutual funds. We identify leverage, age, asset illiquidity, and reputational capital as a relevant set of characteristics that explain the exposure of hedge funds' liquidity supply to funding conditions. Stocks with more exposure to constrained liquidity providing hedge funds suffered more during the financial crisis. Finally, we find that the trades of financially constrained hedge funds underperform for at least one quarter following negative funding shocks.
Keywords: funding liquidity, Hedge Funds, Limits of arbitrage, Liquidity Provision, Trading Costs
JEL Classification: G20, G23
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Swiss Finance Institute
Switzerland
Alberto Plazzi
Swiss Finance Institute ( email )
c/o University of Geneva
40, Bd du Pont-d'Arve
CH-1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
Efe Çötelioğlu (Contact Author)
Swiss Finance Institute ( email )
c/o University of Geneva
40, Bd du Pont-d'Arve
CH-1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
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