Picking winners? A survey of the mean reversion and overreaction of stock prices literature

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-158

  Forbes, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mean reversion; Overreaction; Stock prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012330052     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.1996.tb00007.x     Document Type: Article

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