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Why markets should not necessarily reduce the tick size

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  • Bourghelle, David & Declerck, Fany, 2004. "Why markets should not necessarily reduce the tick size," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 373-398, February.
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    8. G. Wuyts, 2007. "Stock Market Liquidity.Determinants and Implications," Review of Business and Economic Literature, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Review of Business and Economic Literature, vol. 0(2), pages 279-316.
    9. Sunil S. Poshakwale & Jude W. Taunson & Anandadeep Mandal & Michael Theobald, 2019. "Lower tick sizes and futures pricing efficiency: evidence from the emerging Malaysian market," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 53(4), pages 1135-1163, November.
    10. Murphy Jun Jie Lee, 2013. "The Microstructure of Trading Processes on the Singapore Exchange," PhD Thesis, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, number 4, July-Dece.
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    12. Weibing Huang & Charles-Albert Lehalle & Mathieu Rosenbaum, 2015. "How to predict the consequences of a tick value change? Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange pilot program," Papers 1507.07052, arXiv.org.
    13. Gil Bazo, Javier & Moreno Muñoz, Jesús David & Tapia, Mikel, 2005. "Price dynamics, informational efficiency and wealth distribution in continuous double auction markets," DEE - Working Papers. Business Economics. WB wb057819, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa.
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    17. Khalil Dayri & Mathieu Rosenbaum, 2012. "Large tick assets: implicit spread and optimal tick size," Papers 1207.6325, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2013.

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