Average idiosyncratic volatility in G7 countries

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1259-1296

  Guo, Hui ^a   Savickas, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44849127960     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn043     Document Type: Article

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