Does financial market liberalization increase the degree of market efficiency? The case of the Athens stock exchange

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Cajueiro, Daniel O ^a   Gogas, Periklis ^b   Tabak, Benjamin M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Financial market liberalization; Global Hurst exponents; Greek stock market; Long memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349106190     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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