The Informational Role of Stock and Bond Volume

A-Tier
Journal: The Review of Financial Studies
Year: 2015
Volume: 28
Issue: 5
Pages: 1381-1427

Authors (2)

Kerry Back (Rice University) Kevin Crotty (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

In a Kyle (1985) model, the sign of the correlation between a firm's debt and equity returns is the same as the sign of the cross-market Kyle's lambda. The sign is positive (negative) if private information concerns the mean (risk) of the firm's assets. We show empirically that information conveyed by order flows is primarily about asset means. The cross-market lambdas are quite large; consequently, the portions of bond and stock returns explained by order flows are highly correlated, even though the order flows themselves are virtually uncorrelated.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:rfinst:v:28:y:2015:i:5:p:1381-1427.
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24