Transaction tax and market quality of the Taiwan stock index futures

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1195-1216

  Chou, Robin K ^a   Wang, George H K ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Office of the Chief Economist   (United States)

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EID: 33751326040     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: 10969934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.20238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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