Where the action is: Internet stock trading as edgework

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-43

  Zwick, Detlev ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS;

COMPUTER SCREENS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC THEORIES; FINANCE THEORY; LOCAL BANKS; PHONE CALLS; SENSE OF AGENCIES; STOCK TRADING;

FINANCIAL MARKETS;

EID: 27744605971     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.tb00302.x     Document Type: Article

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