Decimalization, adverse selection, and market maker rents

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 829-855

  Bacidore, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a New York Stock Exchange Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; D4; Decimalization; G10; G12; Market maker; Tick size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042836738     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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