RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A Comparative Analysis on the Volume-Return Relationship of the Exchange-Traded Fund and the Stock Market JF The Journal of Trading FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 5 OP 22 DO 10.3905/jot.2015.10.2.005 VO 10 IS 2 A1 Jung-Chu Lin A1 Vichet Sum YR 2015 UL https://pm-research.com/content/10/2/5.abstract AB This article aims to examine the contemporaneous relationship between trading volume and returns in the Taiwan exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, taking the stock market as a contrast. Whereas past research using correlation analysis and ordinary least squares method to specify a linear regression model catches only the average relationship between volume and return, this article applies the quantile regression analysis to provide a more complete description for the volume-return relationship in the ETF and stock markets. The empirical results show a symmetric volume-return relationship in the ETF market and an asymmetric volume-relationship in the stock market when the short-sale uptick rule is still applicable for all listed stocks. The volume-return relationship of the stock market became more symmetric after the elimination of the uptick rule on short sales for high-cap stocks and, at last, for the entire listed stocks. The results demonstrate that transaction costs and the short-sale restriction are important factors in influencing the pattern of the volume-return relationship.TOPICS: Quantitative methods, exchange-traded funds and applications, emerging