Asset growth and stock returns: Evidence from Asian financial markets

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-139

  Yao, Tong ^a   Yu, Tong ^b   Zhang, Ting ^c   Chen, Shaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian financial markets; Asset growth; G12; G14; G15; Market efficiency; Return predictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149468409     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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