A generalised method of moments test of mean variance efficiency in the australian stock market

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-16

  Faff, Robert W ^a   Lau, Sylvanna ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0010915210     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb037916     Document Type: Article

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