Emerging markets have received a particular attention of academic researchers and practitioners since they decided to open their domestic capital markets to foreign participants about three decades ago. At the same time, we remark that theoretical and empirical research in emerging stock markets...

Written in honor of Emeritus Professor Georges Prat (University of Paris Nanterre, France), this book includes contributions from eminent authors on a range of topics that are of interest to researchers and graduates, as well as investors and portfolio managers. The topics discussed include the...

Market Fragmentation and Market Quality: The European Experience -- Pre-trade Transparency and the Information Content of the Limit Order Book -- Trading Mechanisms in Financial Markets: A Comparison Between Auction and Dealership Markets -- News Trader, Liquidity and Transaction Cost -- What...