Trade Execution Costs and Market Quality after Decimalization

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 747-777

  Bessembinder, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0346539007     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126742     Document Type: Article

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