Price impact asymmetry of block trades: An institutional trading explanation

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1153-1181

  Saar, Gideon ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035622229     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/14.4.1153     Document Type: Article

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