This volume was written in honor of Wendell H. Fleming, a mathematician who has made fundamental contributions in the fields of calculus of variations, geometric measure theory, differential games, stochastic control theory, and population genetics. This book includes authoritative expositions...

Biographical note: DuffieDarrell: Darrell Duffie is the Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. His books include "How Big Banks Fail and What to Do about It" and "Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory" (both Princeton).

Size-discovery trade mechanisms allow large quantities of an asset to be exchanged at a price that does not respond to price pressure. Primary examples include “workup” in Treasury markets, “matching sessions” in corporate bond and CDS markets, and block-trading “dark pools” in...