Seasonality in Canadian bond returns: The role of international factors

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 352-366

  Landon, Stuart ^a   Smith, Constance E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asset returns; Bonds; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847033707     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2006.tb00612.x     Document Type: Article

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