Capitalisation and weak-form efficiency in the JSE securities exchange

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 684-707

  Jefferis, Keith ^a   Smith, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; METHODOLOGY; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 13944277157     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2004.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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