The determinants of trading volume of high-yield corporate bonds

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-204

  Alexander, Gordon J ^a   Edwards, Amy K ^b   Ferri, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b United States Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FIPS; G10; G18; High yield bonds; Liquidity; Transparency; Volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002038761     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(00)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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