The reversing weekend effect: Evidence from the U.S. equity markets

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-14

  Gu, Anthony Yanxiang ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Reverse; Weekend effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043052370     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REQU.0000006183.42549.50     Document Type: Article

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