The economic significance of trading based on the size effect in Australia

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-73

  Bettman, Jenni L ^a   Ng, Wen Sern Kelvin ^a   Sault, Stephen J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

economic significance; size effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953763499     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896210388860     Document Type: Article

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