Is all that talk just noise? The information content of Internet stock message boards

Journal of Finance

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1259-1294

  Antweiler, Werner ^a   Frank, Murray Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 2942746458     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2004.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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