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Stock (firearms)EconomicsPortfolioWeekend effectNames of the days of the weekExpected returnEconometricsRate of returnFinancial economicsRate of return on a portfolioModern portfolio theoryFinance
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- 1980
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- article
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-69
- Citations
- 1951
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Kenneth R. French
(1980).
Stock returns and the weekend effect.
Journal of Financial Economics
, 8
(1)
, 55-69.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-405x(80)90021-5
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- 10.1016/0304-405x(80)90021-5