Market Making, the Tick Size, and Payment-for-Order Flow: Theory and Evidence

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, Vol 68 No 4, October 1995

Posted: 25 Aug 1998

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Tarun Chordia

Emory University - Department of Finance

Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area; Financial Research Network (FIRN)

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Abstract

This article analyzes the effects of a finite tick size and the practice of "payment-for-order flow" on market maker competition. Even if the NYSE reservation price is superior to its non-NYSE counterpart, brokers may, due to payment-for-order flow, prefer to execute orders off the NYSE floor. In accordance with the implications of the model, empirical analysis suggests that the non-NYSE market makers trade a larger fraction of the smaller order sizes and offer fewer price improvement opportunities; and large companies appear to have enhanced price improvement opportunities on the NYSE.

JEL Classification: G00

Suggested Citation

Chordia, Tarun and Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar, Market Making, the Tick Size, and Payment-for-Order Flow: Theory and Evidence. JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, Vol 68 No 4, October 1995, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6627

Tarun Chordia

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