External information costs and the adverse selection problem: A comparison of NASDAQ and NYSE stocks

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-136

  Lin, Ji Chai ^a   Sanger, Gary C ^a   Booth, G Geoffrey ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Bid ask spreads; Market structure; NASDAQ; NYSE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032325465     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(99)80030-1     Document Type: Article

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