Exchange trading rules and stock market liquidity

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 651-671

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Johan, Sofia ^a,b   Li, Dan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broker agency conflict; Insider trading; Law and finance; Liquidity; Market manipulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951489037     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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