Tax-loss trading and wash sales

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-76

  Grinblatt, Mark ^a   Keloharju, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Empirical anomalies; January effect; Stock returns; Tax loss selling; Wash sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348222334     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00180-6     Document Type: Article

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