Firm-level return dispersion and correlation asymmetry: Challenges for portfolio diversification

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 447-456

  Demirer, Riza ^a   Lien, Donald ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; INVESTMENT; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 1842864944     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100410001673685     Document Type: Article

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