Lifting the veil: An analysis of pre-trade transparency at the NYSE

Journal of Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 783-815

  Boehmer, Ekkehart ^a   Saar, Gideon ^b   Yu, Lei ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 16244419381     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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