Automated versus floor trading: An analysis of execution costs on the Paris and New York exchanges

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1445-1485

  Venkataraman, Kumar ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039147415     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00375     Document Type: Article

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