An experimental study of circuit breakers: The effects of mandated market closures and temporary halts on market behavior

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-208

  Ackert, Lucy F ^a,b   Church, Bryan ^c   Jayaraman, Narayanan ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit breaker; D82; Experimental asset markets; G18; Trading interruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042919410     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(00)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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