The Effect of Tick Size on Price Clustering and Trading Volume
β Scribed by Allaudeen Hameed; Eric Terry
- Book ID
- 108567750
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-686X
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