Investigating the Behavior of Idiosyncratic Volatility

Journal of Business

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 613-644

  Xu, Yexiao ^a   Malkiel, Burton G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347569245     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377033     Document Type: Article

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