Skewness preference and the measurement of abnormal returns

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-757

  Mishra, Suchismita ^a   Prakash, Arun J ^a   Karels, Gordon V ^b   Pactwa, Therese E ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SKEWNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 34247562753     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500439077     Document Type: Article

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