Do stock markets value efficiency?

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-331

  Amess, Kevin ^a   Girma, Sourafel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CAPITAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE USE; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 66349119245     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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