Disclosure policy and market liquidity: Impact of depth quotes and order sizes;Politique d'information et liquidité du marché: Incidence des quantités cotées et de la taille des ordres

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 829-865

  Replin, Frank L ^a   Shaw, Kenneth W ^b   Wild, John J ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts' ratings; Bid ask spread; Disclosure policy; Market liquidity; Order size

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844458409     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/EETM-FALM-4KDD-9DT9     Document Type: Review

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