The Effect of the Establishment of the Day Clearing Branch on Trading Costs: A Look at the NYSE In 1920

As a financial institution that clears and settles payments for equity and other securities, a clearinghouse essentially reduces the counterparty risk. It diminishes the risk of one party failing to meet its obligations, and makes markets more efficient through netting. This paper examines the impac...

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Main Author: Wong, Samuel W
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/689
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1563&context=cmc_theses