MAKER-TAKER FEE, LIQUIDITY COMPETITION, AND HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING

This paper analyzes how a maker-taker fee reduction affects market competition, liquidity, and high frequency trading. The purposes are threefold: 1) whether reducing the exchange maker-taker fee attracts liquidity from off-exchange venues; 2) holding the net exchange fee relatively constant, whether the components of the maker-taker fee change matter; and 3) how HFT responds to