Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

3-2007

Abstract

In 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) required market centers to publish monthly execution-quality reports in an effort to spur competition for order flow between markets. Using samples of stocks trading on several markets, we investigate whether past execution quality affects order-routing decisions and whether the new disclosure requirements influence this relationship. We find that routing decisions are associated with execution quality; markets reporting low execution costs and fast fills subsequently receive more orders. Moreover, the reports themselves appear to provide information that was unavailable previously. Our results are consistent with active competition for order flow that can be influenced by public disclosure.

Keywords

Disclosure regulation, execution quality, order routing decisions, SEC Rule 11Ac1-5

Discipline

Business | Finance and Financial Management

Research Areas

Finance

Publication

Review of Financial Studies

Volume

20

Issue

2

First Page

315

Last Page

358

ISSN

0893-9454

Identifier

10.1093/rfs/hhl011

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhl011

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