Regulatory lessons for emerging stock markets from a century of evidence on transactions costs and share price volatility in the London Stock Exchange

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 577-601

  Green, Christopher J ^a   Maggioni, Paolo ^a,b   Murinde, Victor ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging stock markets; G18; London Stock Exchange; Share price volatility; Stock market regulation; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001679922     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00081-3     Document Type: Article

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