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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

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OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION, INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRY

Managers and major shareholders typically have an information advantage over outside investors when trading a company’s shares. Numerous studies have been done into the relation between ownership concentration, industry competition and information asymmetry, but rarely using Australian data. The output of this study is particularly relevant for regulators, as it examines conditions that might limit

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