Daily closing inside spreads and trading volumes around earnings announcements

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1149-1179

  Acker, Daniella ^a   Stalker, Mathew ^a   Tonks, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951902996     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00465     Document Type: Article

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