Automated Versus Floor Trading: An Analysis of Execution Costs on the Paris and New York Exchanges

Kumar Venkataraman

Journal of Finance, 2001, vol. 56, issue 4, 1445-1485

Abstract: A global trend towards automated trading systems raises the important question of whether execution costs are, in fact, lower than on trading floors. This paper compares the trade execution costs of similar stocks in an automated trading structure (Paris Bourse) and a floor‐based trading structure (NYSE). Results indicate that execution costs are higher in Paris than in New York after controlling for differences in adverse selection, relative tick size, and economic attributes across samples. These results suggest that the present form of the automated trading system may not be able to fully replicate the benefits of human intermediation on a trading floor.

Date: 2001
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