Speculative trading and stock returns: A stochastic dominance analysis of the Chinese A-share market

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 712-727

  Fong, Wai Mun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arbitrage; Market efficiency; Market segmentation; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349127875     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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