Comparing different explanations of the volatility trend

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1581-1597

  Rubin, Amir ^a   Smith, Daniel R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Trend; Turnover; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955652915     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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