Trader anonymity, price formation and liquidity

European Finance Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-26

  Theissen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Bid ask spreads; Floor trading; Price improvement; Specialists

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043052147     PISSN: 13826662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022579423978     Document Type: Article

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