Price formation in double auction markets

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1307-1337

  Cason, Timothy N ^a   Friedman, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auctions; Double auction; Experiments; Price formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030215291     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1889(95)00901-9     Document Type: Article

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