Price discovery in auction markets: A look inside the black box

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 627-658

  Madhavan, Ananth ^b   Panchapagesan, Venkatesh ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034399513     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/13.3.627     Document Type: Article

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