Complete markets, informed trading and equity option introductions

Robert Faff*, David Hillier

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Abstract

This paper proposes and tests a new hypothesis concerning the price impact of option introductions on the underlying asset. We argue that the leverage properties of options induce a higher level of informed trading in the aggregate market (underlying plus derivative), resulting in excess listing-day price movements in the newly optioned equity. Using an alternative dataset, our results suggest that this may be an explanation for the observed positive than negative excess listing-day returns of US optioned stocks over the past thirty years.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1359-1384
Number of pages26
JournalJournal of Banking and Finance
Volume29
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2005
Externally publishedYes

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