Does the efficient market hypothesis hold? Evidence from six transition economies

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 79-103

  Jagric, Timotej ^a   Podobnik, Boris ^b   Kolanovic, Marko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b University of Rijeka Radmile   (Croatia)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MARKET CONDITIONS; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 27944444058     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2005.11041112     Document Type: Article

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