Weekend effect, 'reverse' weekend effect, and investor trading activities

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1495-1517

  Brusa, Jorge ^a   Liu, Pu ^b,c   Schulman, Craig ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Low and Economics Consulting Group

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Monday; Reverse; Volume; Weekend

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844523246     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00637.x     Document Type: Review

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