Predictability of asset returns and the efficient market hypothesis

Handbook of Empirical Economics and Finance

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 281-311

  Pesaran, M Hashem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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