The value of intermediation in the stock market

We estimate a structural model of broker choice to quantitatively decompose the value that institutional investors attach to broker services. Studying over 300 million institutional equity trades, we find that investors are sensitive to both explicit and implicit trading costs and are willing to pay...

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Published in:Journal of financial economics 2022-08, Vol.145 (2), p.208-233
Main Authors: Di Maggio, Marco, Egan, Mark, Franzoni, Francesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broker networks
Economic models
Equity trading
Estimating techniques
Fees & charges
Financial intermediation
Hedge funds
Institutional investments
Institutional investors
Investors
Research analysts
Securities markets
Stock brokers
Trading
Value
Willingness to pay
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Summary:We estimate a structural model of broker choice to quantitatively decompose the value that institutional investors attach to broker services. Studying over 300 million institutional equity trades, we find that investors are sensitive to both explicit and implicit trading costs and are willing to pay a premium for access to formal and informal research. Formal and informal research account for roughly half of the value generated by brokers. In addition, we use our model to investigate soft dollar arrangements, where research and execution services are bundled, and find that such arrangements allow hedge funds and mutual funds to underreport management fees by 10%.
ISSN:0304-405X
1879-2774
DOI:10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.08.020