Volume 2, No. 1, April 2003

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An Extended Model of Serial Covariance Bid-Ask Spreads
Dar-Hsin Chen
Deparement of Banking and Finance, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Lloyd P. Blenman  
Department of Finance and Business Law, University of North Carolina-Charlotte,U.S.A.
Abstract
This paper presents a generalized serial covariance spread pricing model that unifies and improves existing spread models. We analyze three cost components of spread: order processing, adverse information, and inventory holding costs. We modify Stoll's (1989) model by incorporating a two-period conditional probability trading model to derive a new spread estimator. We propose a methodology to estimate the input parameters. We then show this extended model potentially avoids some of the limitations associated with earlier models.
Key words: bid-ask spread; implicit spread; tick test
JEL classification: G10; D80

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