EVIDENCE ON MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE IN INDONESIAN MARKETS

Fitri Ismiyanti

The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, 2010, vol. 4, issue 3, 67-77

Abstract: Divergence of opinion causes market prices to differ from intrinsic values. Greater divergence of opinion results in larger bid/ask spreads. This study utilizes Miller’s theory (Miller, 1977) which states that differences between bid and ask prices (price spread) is caused by divergence of opinion between buyers and sellers. This study tests a price spread condition that reflects the existence of agency conflict referred to as stock price premium (SPP) and stock price discount (SPD). The conditions relate to agency cost control mechanisms that result from foreign and domestic institutional ownership. This research employs Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with multi-group structural equation modeling (MSEM). The results show SPD has lower agency conflict than SPP, and a negative effect of foreign and domestic institutional ownership to agency cost.

Keywords: Stock price premium; stock price discount; agency cost; ownership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G3 G30 G32 G38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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