Market efficiency, long-term returns, and behavioral finance

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-306

  Fama, Eugene F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Market efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346207692     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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