Tax-loss selling and the January effect: Evidence from municipal bond closed-end funds

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3049-3067

  Starks, Laura T ^a   Yong, Li ^b   Zheng, Lu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33846206515     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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