The impact of lunchtime closure on market behaviour: Evidence from the Sydney Futures Exchange

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 25-40

  Frino, Alex ^a   Winn, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Market closure: Market quality; Sydney Futures Exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549019318     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00052     Document Type: Article

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