Foreign institutional ownership and stock market liquidity: Evidence from Indonesia

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1312-1324

  Rhee, S Ghon ^a,b   Wang, Jianxin ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bid ask spread; Depth; Foreign institutions; Foreign investors; Foreign ownership; Foreign trading; Granger causality; Liquidity; Market liberalization; Price sensitivity; The Jakarta Stock Exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049101136     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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