Are the regional Gulf stock markets weak-form efficient as single stock markets and as a regional stock market?

Research in International Business and Finance - Tập 33 - Trang 221-246 - 2015
Fouad Jamaani1, Eduardo Roca2
1Department of Investment and Finance, College of Finance and Administration, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia

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