The evolution of the January effect

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-457

  Moller, Nicholas ^a   Zilca, Shlomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abnormal returns; Anomalies; January effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149111390     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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