Art as an investment: Short and long-term comovements in major painting markets

Empirical Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 649-668

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a   Higgs, Helen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Art and collectibles; Market efficiency; Portfolio diversification; Risk and return

Indexed keywords

ART; INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 0242380803     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0152-x     Document Type: Article

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