Is market fragmentation harming market quality?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-474

  O'Hara, Maureen ^a   Ye, Mao ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Market efficiency; Market microstructure; Security market regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954602216     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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