Tick size, bid-ask spreads, and market structure

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 503-522

  Huang, Roger D ^a   Stoll, Hans R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035732495     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676222     Document Type: Article

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