Decimalization and competition among stock markets: Evidence from the Toronto Stock Exchange cross-listed securities

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-87

  Ahn, Hee Joon ^a   Cao, Charles Q ^b   Choe, Hyuk ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bid ask spread and depth; Competition; Cross listed stocks; Fractional and decimal trading systems; G10; G18; G20; Tick size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003375783     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(97)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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