Short-term overreaction, underreaction and efficient reaction: Evidence from the London stock exchange

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-235

  Spyrou, Spyros ^a   Kassimatis, Konstantinos ^a   Galariotis, Emilios ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; RISK FACTOR; STOCK MARKET;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847183141     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100600639868     Document Type: Article

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