Trading activity, dealer concentration and foreign exchange market quality

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2122-2131

  Kaul, Aditya ^a   Sapp, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange; Market microstructure; Market quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249122330     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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