The determinants of market bid ask spreads on the Australian Stock exchange: Cross-sectional analysis

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-63

  Aitken, Michael ^a   Frino, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0042120140     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.1996.tb00298.x     Document Type: Article

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