The "ostrich effect" and the relationship between the liquidity and the yields of financial assets

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2741-2759

  Galai, Dan ^a   Sade, Orly ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 33846004473     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505250     Document Type: Article

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