Do institutions receive comparable execution in the NYSE and Nasdaq markets? A transaction study of block trades

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-134

  LaPlante, Michele ^a   Muscarella, Chris J ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Block transactions; Market structure; Nasdaq; NYSE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031184896     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(97)81614-5     Document Type: Article

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