Abstract
Proprietary data allow us to distinguish between institutional investors' orders directed to soft-dollar brokers and those directed to other types of brokers. We find that soft-dollar brokers execute smaller orders in larger market value stocks. Allowing for differences in order characteristics, we estimate the incremental implicit cost of soft-dollar execution at 29 (24) basis points for buyer-(seller-) initiated orders. For large orders, incremental implicit costs are 41 (30) basis points for buys (sells). However, we document substantial variability in these estimates, and research services provided by soft-dollar brokers may at least partially offset these costs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 397-416 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Finance |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics