The value of the specialist: Empirical evidence from the CBOE

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-118

  Anand, Amber ^a   Weaver, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bid ask spreads; Competition; Market makers; Options; Specialists

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646086723     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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