The empirical distribution of UK and US stock returns

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 715-740

  Harris, Richard D F ^a   Küçüközmen, C Coskun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1342287307     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00391     Document Type: Article

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