The economic value of a trading floor: Evidence from the American stock exchange

Journal of Business

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-355

  Handa, Puneet ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^b   Tiwari, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 3042652730     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381279     Document Type: Article

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