Adverse selection and bid-ask spreads: Evidence from closed-end funds

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-149

  Neal, Robert ^a   Wheatley, Simon M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Asymmetric information; D8; G1; Market microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010692356     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(97)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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