Investor sentiment and the closed-end fund puzzle: Out-of-sample evidence

European Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-266

  Doukas, John A ^a   Milonas, Nikolaos T ^b,c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closed end funds; Discounts premiums; G12; G14; Investor sentiment; Stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249090272     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2004.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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