Round-the-clock market efficiency and home bias: Evidence from the international Japanese government bonds futures markets

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1831-1860

  Tse, Yiuman ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Futures markets; Home bias; Market efficiency; Market microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472992     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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