Mean reversion in stock prices: New evidence from panel unit root tests

Studies in Economics and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-244

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Narayan, Seema ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial forecasting; Stock markets; Stock prices; Stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993064650     PISSN: 10867376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10867370710817419     Document Type: Article

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