Institutional investors and stock market volatility

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 461-504

  Gabaix, Xavier ^a   Gopikrishnan, Parameswaran ^a   Plerou, Vasiliki ^a   Stanley, H Eugene ^a  

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EID: 33646374922     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.461     Document Type: Article

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