What Constrains Liquidity Provision? Evidence From Hedge Fund Trades

Efe Cotelioglu, Francesco A. Franzoni and Alberto Plazzi
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Efe Cotelioglu: USI Lugano
Francesco A. Franzoni: USI Lugano; Swiss Finance Institute; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

No 13-10, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series from Swiss Finance Institute

Abstract: The paper investigates the determinants of limits of arbitrage for liquidity providers. Using data on institutional transactions, we find that hedge funds' liquidity provision is more exposed to financial conditions than that of other institutions, notably mutual funds. We identify leverage, age, asset illiquidity, and reputational capital as a relevant set of characteristics that explain the exposure of hedge funds' liquidity supply to funding conditions. Stocks with more exposure to constrained liquidity providing hedge funds suffered more during the financial crisis. Finally, we find that the trades of financially constrained hedge funds underperform for at least one quarter following negative funding shocks.

Keywords: hedge funds; limits of arbitrage; liquidity provision; trading costs; funding liquidity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2013-03
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Working Paper: What Constrains Liquidity Provision? Evidence From Hedge Fund Trades (2019)
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