This paper examines the impact of algorithmic trading (AT) on market liquidity around periods of high information asymmetry when available liquidity is more valuable. We identify the implementation of proximity hosting services by Borsa Italiana, that are expected to increase AT, in order to examine the behaviour of liquidity around earnings announcements in pre- and post-AT periods. Consistent with previous research, we find that bid-ask spreads widen and market depth falls following earnings announcements in the pre-AT period. However, in the post-AT period, while we find a similar pattern in bid-ask spreads, we find no evidence of a significant fall in market depth. We also find firms that experience the largest increase in AT from pre- to post-AT periods, exhibit lower bid-ask spreads and greater depth following earnings announcements. We conclude that AT improves market liquidity by increasing the resiliency of markets around periods of high information asymmetry, specifically around earnings announcements.

Frino A., Mollica V., Monaco Eleonora, Palumbo R. (2017). The effect of algorithmic trading on market liquidity: Evidence around earnings announcements on Borsa Italiana. PACIFIC-BASIN FINANCE JOURNAL, 45, 82-90 [10.1016/j.pacfin.2016.07.003].

The effect of algorithmic trading on market liquidity: Evidence around earnings announcements on Borsa Italiana

Monaco Eleonora;
2017

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of algorithmic trading (AT) on market liquidity around periods of high information asymmetry when available liquidity is more valuable. We identify the implementation of proximity hosting services by Borsa Italiana, that are expected to increase AT, in order to examine the behaviour of liquidity around earnings announcements in pre- and post-AT periods. Consistent with previous research, we find that bid-ask spreads widen and market depth falls following earnings announcements in the pre-AT period. However, in the post-AT period, while we find a similar pattern in bid-ask spreads, we find no evidence of a significant fall in market depth. We also find firms that experience the largest increase in AT from pre- to post-AT periods, exhibit lower bid-ask spreads and greater depth following earnings announcements. We conclude that AT improves market liquidity by increasing the resiliency of markets around periods of high information asymmetry, specifically around earnings announcements.
2017
Frino A., Mollica V., Monaco Eleonora, Palumbo R. (2017). The effect of algorithmic trading on market liquidity: Evidence around earnings announcements on Borsa Italiana. PACIFIC-BASIN FINANCE JOURNAL, 45, 82-90 [10.1016/j.pacfin.2016.07.003].
Frino A.; Mollica V.; Monaco Eleonora; Palumbo R.
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