Capital gains tax rules, tax-loss trading, and turn-of-the-year returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 353-368

  Poterba, James M ^a   Weisbenner, Scott J ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0040436658     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00328     Document Type: Article

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