The Cross-Section of Daily Variation in Liquidity
Author(s) -
Tarun Chordia,
Lakshmanan Shivakumar,
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.263051
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , section (typography) , cross section (physics) , market liquidity , economics , business , monetary economics , physics , advertising , quantum mechanics , astrophysics
In this paper, we analyze cross-sectional heterogeneity in the time-series variation of liquidity. Average daily changes in liquidity exhibit significant heterogeneity in the cross-section. There is a significant time-series relation between changes in individual stock liquidity and changes in daily absolute stock returns. Firm size, return volatility, and volume are all significant crosssectional determinants of this relation.
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