The relationship between bid-ask spreads and holding periods: The case of Chinese A and B shares

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 239-249

  Chung, Shifei ^a   Wei, Peihwang ^b  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

B share discount; Bid ask spread; Chinese stock market; Holding periods; Liquidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 13644274502     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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