When a halt is not a halt: An analysis of off-NYSE trading during NYSE market closures

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-386

  Chakrabarty, Bidisha ^a   Corwin, Shane A ^b   Panayides, Marios A ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ECN; Flash crash; Off NYSE trading; Price discovery; Trading halt

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955115874     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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