Bid-Ask Spreads in a Heterogeneously Informed Market

This paper provides a numerical method for demonstrating that bid-ask spreads increase with information asymmetry or the probability of insider trading. These spreads also decrease throughout the trading day. Average daily spreads are a non-monotone function of information asymmetry. This result bri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Potterton, Kevin
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2011
Subjects:
bid
ask
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/274
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1256&context=cmc_theses