Revisiting the Stealth Trading Hypothesis: Does Time-Varying Liquidity Explain the Size-Effect?

58 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2019

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Gökhan Cebiroglu

University of Vienna, Faculty of Business and Economics

Nikolaus Hautsch

University of Vienna - Department of Statistics and Operations Research

Christopher Walsh

Technical University of Dortmund

Date Written: September 1, 2019

Abstract

Large trades have a smaller price impact per share than medium-sized trades. So far, the literature has attributed this effect to the informational content of trades. In this paper, we show that this effect can arise from strategic order placement. We introduce the concept of a liquidity elasticity, measuring the responsiveness of liquidity demand with respect to changes in liquidity supply, as a major driver for a declining price impact per share. Empirical evidence based on Nasdaq stocks strongly supports theoretical predictions and shows that the aspect of liquidity coordination is an important complement to rationales based on asymmetric information.

Keywords: stealth trading, price impact, liquidity elasticity, limit order book

JEL Classification: G02, G10, G23

Suggested Citation

Cebiroglu, Gökhan and Hautsch, Nikolaus and Walsh, Christopher, Revisiting the Stealth Trading Hypothesis: Does Time-Varying Liquidity Explain the Size-Effect? (September 1, 2019). CFS Working Paper, No. 625, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3446394 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3446394

Gökhan Cebiroglu

University of Vienna, Faculty of Business and Economics ( email )

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Nikolaus Hautsch (Contact Author)

University of Vienna - Department of Statistics and Operations Research ( email )

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Austria

Christopher Walsh

Technical University of Dortmund ( email )

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Dortmund, 44227
Germany

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