In search of liquidity: Block trades in the upstairs and downstairs markets

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-203

  Madhavan, Ananth ^a   Cheng, Minder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Salomon Brothers Asia   (United States)

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EID: 0031542187     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/10.1.175     Document Type: Article

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