Liquidity: Urban Versus Rural Firms
- 29 September 2004
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier BV in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
Our paper examines the impact of geographic location on liquidity for U.S. rural- and urban-based companies. Even after adjusting for size and other factors, rural firms trade much less, are covered by fewer analysts, and are owned by fewer institutions than urban firms. Trading costs are higher for rural Nasdaq firms, and volume that can be attributed to marketwide factors is lower for rural stocks. The findings add to our understanding of the way that access to information and familiarity affect liquidity.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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