Information diffusion in electronic and floor trading |
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Authors: | Günter Franke Dieter Hess |
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Institution: | 1. Miami University, USA;2. Rowan University, USA;3. Villanova University, USA |
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Abstract: | The attractiveness of floor trading versus anonymous electronic trading systems for traders is analysed. We hypothesize that in times of low information intensity, the insight into the order book of the electronic trading system provides more valuable information than floor trading, but in times of high information intensity, this is not true. Thus, the electronic system's market share in trading volume should decline when information intensity increases. This hypothesis is tested by DTB and LIFFE data on Bund-Future trading in the period 1991 to 1995. In the first years of trading, the DTB's market share is inversely related to price volatility and trading volume as proxies for information intensity. In recent years, this relation fades away; this can be explained by the high frequency of transactions which implies a steady flow of information on transactions. |
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Keywords: | LIFFE DTB Floor trading |
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