Nasdaq market structure and spread patterns

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-89

  Kandel, Eugene ^a   Marx, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bid ask spread; Market makers; Nasdaq; Odd eighth avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031184903     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(96)00894-X     Document Type: Article

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