Specialist performance and new listing allocations on the NYSE: An empirical analysis

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-51

  Corwin, Shane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation policy; Exchange listing; New York Stock Exchange; Performance; Specialist

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042514799     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(03)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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