An Overview of the Market for Ordinary Shares
Richard Dobbins
(University of Bradford Management Centre)
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Abstract
The objectives of this article are firstly to describe briefly the functions and operations of the stock market centred on the London Stock Exchange and secondly to illustrate recent developments in the market for equities. Statistics are presented relating to the changing pattern of UK share ownership and trading, trends in sources of new finance for industry and the decline in the number of jobbing and broking firms.
Citation
Dobbins, R. (1975), "An Overview of the Market for Ordinary Shares", Managerial Finance, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 222-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013365
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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