A new historical database for the NYSE 1815 to 1925: Performance and predictability

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-32

  Goetzmann, William N ^a   Ibbotson, Roger G ^a   Peng, Liang ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial market history; G1; N2; New York Stock Exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007880901     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(00)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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