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Modeling the bid/ask spread: On the effects of hedging costs and competition

Bollen, Nicolas P B; Smith, Tom; Whaley, Robert E

The need to understand and measure market maker bid/ask spreads is crucial in evaluating the merits of competing market structures and security designs. Prior studies of bid/ask spreads suffer from several forms of ...