Estimating Liquidity Using Information on the Multivariate Trading Process

Katarzyna Bien (), Ingmar Nolte () and Winfried Pohlmeier ()
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Katarzyna Bien: University of Konstanz

No 06-04, CoFE Discussion Paper from Center of Finance and Econometrics, University of Konstanz

Abstract: In this paper we model the dynamic multivariate density of discrete bid and ask quote changes and their associated depths. We account for the contemporaneous relationship between these trading marks by exploiting the concept of copula functions. Thereby we show how to model truncations of the multivariate density in an easy way. A Metropolized-Independence Sampler is applied to draw from the dynamic multivariate density. The samples drawn serve to construct the dynamic density function of the quote slope liquidity measure, which enables us to quantify time varying liquidity risk. We analyze the influence of the decimalization at the NYSE on liquidity.

Keywords: Liquidity; Copula Functions; Trading Process; Decimalization; Metropolized-Independence Sampler (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G10 F30 C30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: Written 2006-03-31
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