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Volatility, Efficiency, and Trading: Evidence from the Japanese Stock Market

Volatility, Efficiency, and Trading: Evidence from the Japanese Stock Market ABSTRACT We study the joint effect of the trading mechanism and the time at which transactions take place on the behavior of stock returns using data from Japan. The Tokyo Stock Exchange employs a periodic clearing procedure twice a day, at the opening of both the morning and the afternoon sessions. This enables us to discern the effect of the clearing mechanism from the effect of the overnight trading halt. While the periodic clearing at the beginning of the trading day is noisy and inefficient, the midday clearing transaction appears to be no worse than the two closing transactions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Finance Wiley

Volatility, Efficiency, and Trading: Evidence from the Japanese Stock Market

The Journal of Finance , Volume 46 (5) – Dec 1, 1991

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
1991 The American Finance Association
ISSN
0022-1082
eISSN
1540-6261
DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb04643.x
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Abstract

ABSTRACT We study the joint effect of the trading mechanism and the time at which transactions take place on the behavior of stock returns using data from Japan. The Tokyo Stock Exchange employs a periodic clearing procedure twice a day, at the opening of both the morning and the afternoon sessions. This enables us to discern the effect of the clearing mechanism from the effect of the overnight trading halt. While the periodic clearing at the beginning of the trading day is noisy and inefficient, the midday clearing transaction appears to be no worse than the two closing transactions.

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The Journal of FinanceWiley

Published: Dec 1, 1991

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