Concentrated trading in the foreign exchange futures markets: Discretionary liquidity trading or market closure?

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-362

  Ferguson, Michael F ^a   Mann, Steven C ^b   Schneck, Leonard J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0032382216     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199805)18:3<343::AID-FUT7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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