UK brokers' characteristics: Does size matter?

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-170

  Hussain, Simon ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13644273130     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2002.9728965     Document Type: Article

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