What drove the increase in idiosyncratic volatility during the Internet boom?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1253-1278

  Fink, Jason ^a   Fink, Kristin E ^a   Grullon, Gustavo ^b   Weston, James P ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952903494     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000487     Document Type: Article

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