Mechanizing the merc: The Chicago mercantile exchange and the rise of high-frequency trading

Technology and Culture

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 646-675

  MacKenzie, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84941795767     PISSN: 0040165X     EISSN: 10973729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/tech.2015.0102     Document Type: Article

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