Comparing returns of US treasuries versus equities: Implications for market and portfolio efficiency

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1213-1218

  Chua, Choong Tze ^a   Koh, Winston T H ^a   Ramaswamy, Krishna ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144465579     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100500391560     Document Type: Article

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