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A response to Kumar Venkataraman's 'Automated versus floor trading: an analysis of execution costs on the Paris and New York exchanges' is presented. Research results indicate that human intermediation on trading floors such as that of the NYSE has distinct advantages over automated trading systems such as that of Paris.
Publication Name: Journal of Finance
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0022-1082
Year: 2001
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Trading mechanisms in securities markets
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This paper analyzes price formation under two trading mechanisms: a continuous quote-driven system where dealers post prices before order submission and an order-driven system where traders submit orders before prices are determined. The order-driven system operates either as a continuous auction, with immediate order execution, or as a periodic auction, where orders are stored for simultaneous execution. With free entry into market making, the continuous systems are equivalent. While a periodic auction offers greater price efficiency and can function where continuous mechanisms fail, traders must sacrifice continuity and bear higher information costs. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Finance
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0022-1082
Year: 1992
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