Fragmentation and Strategic Market-Making

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Year: 2023
Volume: 58
Issue: 4
Pages: 1675-1700

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

How does trading in one venue affect the quoting strategies of market makers in other venues? We develop a two-venue imperfect competition model in which market makers face quadratic costs when absorbing shocks. Nonconstant marginal costs imply that absorbing a shock in one venue simultaneously changes marginal costs in all other venues. Moreover, market makers strategically choose which shock(s) to absorb. These two forces may intensify competition, leading to enhanced liquidity. Using Euronext proprietary data, we track individual best bid and ask quotes of intermediaries in each venue. We uncover evidence of strategic cross-venue market-making behavior which is uniquely predicted by our model.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jfinqa:v:58:y:2023:i:4:p:1675-1700_9
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25