Informed trading and liquidity in the Shanghai stock exchange

Wong, W. K. print, Tan, D. print and Tian, Y. print (2009) Informed trading and liquidity in the Shanghai stock exchange. International Review of Financial Analysis, 18 (1-2). pp. 66-73. ISSN 1057-5219

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2008.11.002

Abstract

Dufour and Engle (J. Finance (2000) 2467) find evidence of increased presence of informed traders when the NYSE markets are most active. No such evidence, however, can be found by Manganelli (J. Financial Markets (2005) 377) for the infrequently traded stocks. This article investigates the issue of informed trading and its relation to liquidity in Shanghai Stock Exchange. Consistent with the hypothesis that information-based trade exists for all stocks, our findings suggest an increased presence of informed trading in both liquid and illiquid stocks when markets are active. Moreover, for the actively traded stocks, our results support the price formation model of Foster and Viswanathan (Rev. Financial Studies (1990) 593) that activities of informed traders deter uninformed investors from trading, thereby reducing market liquidity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	informed trading, liquidity, duration, volume, volatility
Faculty/Department:	Faculty of Business and Law > Department of Business Management ~Pre-2010 Faculty Structure > Bristol Business School > Centre for Global Finance ~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Business and Law > Department of Business and Management ~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Business and Law > Centre for Global Finance
ID Code:	12165
Deposited By:	Dr W. print Wong
Deposited On:	06 Jan 2011 09:33
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2012 15:43