A material political economy: Automated Trading Desk and price prediction in high-frequency trading

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 172-194

  MacKenzie, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated Trading Desk; fixed role markets; HFT; high frequency trading; political economy; prediction

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISTORY; MARKETING; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MARKETING; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018739268     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312716676900     Document Type: Article

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