Do reductions in tick sizes influence liquidity?

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-184

  Aitken, Michael ^a   Comerton Forde, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bid ask spread; Liquidity; Minimum tick size

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944506900     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629x.2004.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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