Procedural fairness in exchange matching systems
The move from open outcry to electronic trading added another responsibility to futures exchanges - that of matching orders between buyers and sellers. Matching systems can affect the level and speed of price discovery, the distribution of revenue, as well as the level of price efficiency of a given...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2023
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 188, Issue: 2, Pages: 367-377 |
| Further subjects: | B
Randomized selection for service
B Procedural Fairness B Exchange matching systems B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift |
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| Summary: | The move from open outcry to electronic trading added another responsibility to futures exchanges - that of matching orders between buyers and sellers. Matching systems can affect the level and speed of price discovery, the distribution of revenue, as well as the level of price efficiency of a given market. Whether the matching system is procedurally fair is another important consideration. I argue that while FIFO (First In First Out) is a fair procedure in principle and is perceived as the default matching system, it is not a fair procedure in practice. Likewise, while pro rata is a fair procedure in principle, it is not so in practice. Nevertheless, both FIFO and pro rata are relics of an open outcry system. Instead, I propose an alternative approach to matching systems that builds on the strengths of electronic trading - the ability to randomize in real time. I introduce random selection for service (RSS) as a matching system that is procedurally fair both in principle and in practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05315-7 |