On the Peculiar Distribution of the U.S. Stock Indexes’ Digits

American Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-313

  Ley, Eduardo ^a  

^a Foundation for Applied Economic Research FEDEA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benford s law; Dow Jones Index; Standard and Poor s

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030328721     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1996.10473558     Document Type: Article

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