Stealth-trading: Which traders' trades move stock prices?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-307

  Chakravarty, Sugato ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D82; G12; G14; Individuals; Institutions; Microstructure; Price impact; Stealth trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013148286     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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