Price and Quantity Quotes on Nasdaq: A Study of Dealer Quotation Behavior

Posted: 7 Dec 2003

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Kee H. Chung

State University of New York at Buffalo - School of Management

Xin Zhao

Pennsylvania State University (Erie) - The Behrend College

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Abstract

We show that the majority of quotes posted by NASDAQ dealers are noncompetitive and only 19.5% (18.4%) of bid (ask) quotes are at the inside. The percentage of dealer quotes that are at the inside is higher for stocks with wider spreads, fewer market makers, and more frequent trading, and lower for stocks with larger trade sizes and higher return volatility. These results support our conjecture that dealers have greater incentives to be at the inside for stocks with larger market-making revenues and smaller costs. Dealers post large depths when their quotes are at the inside and frequently quote the minimum required depth when they are not at the inside. The latter quotation behavior leads to the negative intertemporal correlation between dealer spread and depth.

JEL Classification: G14

Suggested Citation

Chung, Kee H. and Zhao, Xin Jessica, Price and Quantity Quotes on Nasdaq: A Study of Dealer Quotation Behavior. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=465780

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Xin Jessica Zhao

Pennsylvania State University (Erie) - The Behrend College ( email )

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Erie, PA 16563-1400
United States

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