Public Disclosure and Private Decisions: Equity Market Execution Quality and Order Routing

Posted: 21 Mar 2006

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Robert H. Jennings

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

Ekkehart Boehmer

Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Li Wei

New York Stock Exchange NYSE - Strategy and Research

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Abstract

In 2001, the SEC required market centers to publish monthly execution-quality reports in an effort to spur competition for order flow between markets. Using samples of stocks trading on several markets, we investigate whether past execution quality affects order-routing decisions and whether the new disclosure requirements influence this relationship. We find that routing decisions are associated with execution quality; markets reporting low execution costs and fast fills subsequently receive more orders. Moreover, the reports themselves appear to provide information that was unavailable previously. Our results are consistent with active competition for order flow that can be influenced by public disclosure.

Keywords: Disclosure regulation, execution quality, order routing decisions, SEC Rule 11Ac1-5

JEL Classification: G24, G28, K22

Suggested Citation

Jennings, Robert H. and Boehmer, Ekkehart and Wei, Li, Public Disclosure and Private Decisions: Equity Market Execution Quality and Order Routing. Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 20, pp. 315-358, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=892261

Robert H. Jennings

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Ekkehart Boehmer (Contact Author)

Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business ( email )

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Li Wei

New York Stock Exchange NYSE - Strategy and Research ( email )

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United States

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