Seasonality in Canadian treasury bond returns: An institutional explanation

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-86

  Athanassakos, George ^a   Tian, Yisong Sam ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032334440     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-3300(99)80146-3     Document Type: Article

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