Fast profits: Investor sentiment and stock returns during Ramadan

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 835-845

  Białkowski, Jedrzej ^a   Etebari, Ahmad ^b   Wisniewski, Tomasz Piotr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Market efficiency; Ramadan effect; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856284369     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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