The Behavior of Bid-Ask Spreads and Volume in Options Markets during the Competition for Listings in 1999

Journal of Finance

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2437-2464

  De Fontnouvelle, Patrick ^a   Fishe, Raymond P H ^b   Harris, Jeffrey H ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0344153908     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-6261.2003.00611.x     Document Type: Review

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