Firm characteristics as cross-sectional determinants of adverse selection

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1097-1124

  Hegde, Shantaram P ^a   McDermott, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b US Coast Guard Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse; Liquidity; Regulation; Selection; Stock

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247868491     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2004.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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