How stock splits affect trading: A microstructure approach

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-51

  Easley, David ^a   O'Hara, Maureen ^b   Saar, Gideon ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035579185     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676196     Document Type: Article

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