Liquidity and the turn-of-the-month effect: Evidence from Finland

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-146

  Booth, G Geoffrey ^a   Kallunki, Juha Pekka ^b   Martikainen, Teppo ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

G15; International; Liquidity; Stock returns; Turn of the month

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042739529     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-4431(00)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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