Firm size, monthly seasonalities and tax-loss selling: Further evidence from the UK

British Accounting Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-248

  Baker, R ^a   Limmack, Robin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032162280     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1997.0067     Document Type: Article

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