Are online auction markets efficient? An empirical study of market liquidity and abnormal returns

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Spaulding, Trent J ^a   Wood, Charles A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal returns; Coins; Electronic markets; Financial economics; Liquidity; Market efficiency; Stamps; Thin markets; Unit roots; Variance ratio

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RETURNS; COINS; ELECTRONIC MARKETS; FINANCIAL ECONOMICS; LIQUIDITY; MARKET EFFICIENCY; STAMPS; THIN MARKETS; UNIT ROOTS; VARIANCE RATIO;

ECONOMICS; PROFITABILITY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 70350567209     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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