Investor heterogeneity and the cross-sectional stock returns in China

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Opie, Wei ^a   Zhang, Hong Feng ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Dispersion of opinion; G14; G15; G18; Short sale constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883332271     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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