Is it the weather? Comment

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-582

  Kamstra, Mark J ^a   Kramer, Lisa A ^b   Levi, Maurice D ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Return seasonality; SAD; Seasonal affective disorder; Sell in May; Stock market cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149175818     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.09.013     Document Type: Note

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