Stock exchange merger and liquidity: The case of Euronext

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-267

  Nielsson, Ulf ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Integration; Liquidity; Merger; Stock exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449096995     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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