Order Flow Distribution, Bid-Ask Spreads, and Liquidity Costs: Merrill Lynch's Decision to Cease Routinely Routing Orders to Regional Stock Exchanges

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 338-358

  Battalio, Robert ^a,b   Greene, Jason ^a   Jennings, Robert ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Association of Securities Dealers   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012797648     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfin.1998.0247     Document Type: Article

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