Stochastic dominance analysis of iShares

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-101

  Gasbarro, Dominic ^a   Wong, Wing Keung ^b   Zumwalt, J Kenton ^c,d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Country index funds; Sharpe ratio; Skewness; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845450811     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470601025243     Document Type: Article

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