Sources of momentum profits: Evidence on the irrelevance of characteristics

Review of Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 809-845

  Bandarchuk, Pavel ^a   Hilscher, Jens ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874233650     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfr036     Document Type: Article

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