Imperfect competition in financial markets: An empirical study of Island and Nasdaq

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2237-2250

  Biais, Bruno ^a   Bisière, Christophe ^a   Spatt, Chester ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition in financial markets; Different tick sizes; Liquidity supply; Trading mechanisms

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT TICK SIZES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FINANCIAL MARKET; IMPERFECT COMPETITION; LIQUIDITY SUPPLY; NATURAL LABORATORIES; OPEN LIMIT; PERFECT COMPETITION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TRADING MECHANISMS; TRADING PLATFORM;

COMMERCE; CORRELATION THEORY; DROPS; FINANCE; MODEL STRUCTURES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 78650366325     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1243     Document Type: Article

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