Underpricing in discriminatory and uniform-price treasury auctions

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 443-466

  Goldreich, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CEPR   (Canada)

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EID: 34250855746     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109000003343     Document Type: Review

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