A note on information seasonality and the disappearance of the weekend effect in the UK stock market

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1941-1956

  Steeley, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic announcements; G14; Information seasonality; News; UK stock market; Weekend effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042908773     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00167-9     Document Type: Article

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