Short-term traders and liquidity: : A test using Bombay Stock Exchange data

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-355

  Berkman, Henk ^a   Eleswarapu, Venkat R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; G0; G12; G18; Liquidity; Noise traders; Short term traders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009917326     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(97)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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