Is the predictability of emerging and developed stock markets really exploitable?

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 436-454

  Moreno, David ^a   Olmeda, Ignacio ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Emerging stock markets; Finance; Forecasting

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; FORECASTING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

DEMANDING FORECASTING EXPERIMENT; MARKET TRADING; STOCK MARKETS; TRADING COSTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 34147107574     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.07.032     Document Type: Article

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