Alternative Securities Trading Systems: Tests and Regulatory Implications of the Adoption of Technology

Information Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-188

  Clemons, Eric K ^a   Weber, Bruce W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic markets; Experimental economics; Financial market simulation; Technology adoption; Trading systems

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FINANCIAL MARKETS; FLOORS;

ELECTRONIC MARKET; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MARKET SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRADING SYSTEMS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 0030518607     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.7.2.163     Document Type: Article

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