1.
Understanding the Modern Monetary System
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 06 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 08 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
Orcam Financial Group
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85,691
2.
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2874598, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5191-16
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 27 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 11 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
Diem Association and Diem Networks US and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2874598, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5191-16
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 27 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 11 Jun 2019
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37,438
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
NBER Working Paper No. w22952
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 19 Dec 2016
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2021
Downloads
365
Downloads
37,438
3.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): Pros and Cons for Investors
Accounting and Business Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 13 Sep 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
31,295
4.
The Evolution of Fintech: A New Post-Crisis Paradigm?
University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2015/047, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2016-62
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 20 Oct 2015
Last Revised: 19 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law
Downloads
27,949
5.
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Working Paper Series
Yale School of Management and Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance
There are 3 versions of this paper
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Downloads
27,705
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
NBER Working Paper No. w10595
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 25 May 2006
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2021
Downloads
811
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 47-68, April 2006
Posted: 23 May 2006
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27,705
6.
Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns
Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2009-56
, Chicago Booth School of Business Research Paper, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 10 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 08 Feb 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads
24,312
7.
The Worldwide Equity Premium: A Smaller Puzzle
Chapter 11 of R Mehra (Ed), Handbook of the Equity Risk Premium. Elsevier, 2008, pages 467–514, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper; EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 17 Mar 2006
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads
19,053
8.
Foreign Direct Investment Theories: An Overview of the Main FDI Theories
European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, No. 3, December 2010
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 09 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
17,645
9.
Does Foreign Direct Investment Accelerate Economic Growth?
U of Minnesota Department of Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 23 Jun 2002
Working Paper Series
Institute for Business Innovation and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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17,148
10.
Risk-Neutral Probabilities Explained
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Last Revised: 20 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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15,269
11.
Size, Value, and Momentum in International Stock Returns
Fama-Miller Working Paper, Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2011-85, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-10
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 05 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 23 Jun 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads
14,637
12.
Country Risk: Determinants, Measures and Implications – The 2016 Edition
Number of pages: 103
Posted: 21 Jul 2016
Working Paper Series
New York University - Stern School of Business
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13,961
13.
Offshore Hedge Funds: Survival & Performance 1989-1995
Yale School of Management Working Paper No. F-52B
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 27 Feb 1997
Working Paper Series
Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management and New York University - Stern School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Offshore Hedge Funds: Survival & Performance 1989-1995
Yale School of Management Working Paper No. F-52B
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 27 Feb 1997
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13,921
Offshore Hedge Funds: Survival & Performance 1989-1995
NYU Working Paper No. FIN-98-011
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 07 Nov 2008
Downloads
236
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13,921
14.
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the United States: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Factors
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 11 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Boston University Questrom School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the United States: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Factors
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 11 Mar 2009
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13,799
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the U.S. (Part I): Conceptual Underpinnings and Economic Analysis
Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 355-394, 2010
Posted: 10 Sep 2010
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13,799
15.
Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 198/2008, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 12
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 25 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Accounting and Taxation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 198/2008, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 12
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 25 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
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13,302
Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 1085-1142, 2008
Posted: 08 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
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13,302
16.
Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 11 Jan 2015
Last Revised: 21 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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12,322
17.
What is the Riskfree Rate? A Search for the Basic Building Block
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Last Revised: 01 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
New York University - Stern School of Business
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12,258
18.
Cryptocurrencies: A Brief Thematic Review
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Working Paper Series
UNSW Business School
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12,164
19.
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
Working Paper Series
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, University of York - Department of Economics and Related Studies and City University London - Sir John Cass Business School
There are 3 versions of this paper
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
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12,134
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 08 Jun 2013
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622
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 16 May 2013
Downloads
324
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12,134
20.
An Alternative Three-Factor Model
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 19 May 2010
Last Revised: 21 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
Luohan Academy, Simon Business School, University of Rochester and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business
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12,080
21.
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea
post-publication version, published in Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall 2006, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 86/2005, KDI School of Pub Policy & Management Paper No. 02-04, McCombs Research Paper Series No. 02-05, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 237, U of Texas law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Korea University - Department of Finance and Korea University Business School
There are 3 versions of this paper
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea
post-publication version, published in Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall 2006, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 86/2005, KDI School of Pub Policy & Management Paper No. 02-04, McCombs Research Paper Series No. 02-05, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 237, U of Texas law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2018
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12,069
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea
nearly final pre-publication version, published in Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 22, 366-413 (2006)
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 29 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 11 Jul 2012
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216
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 366-413, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
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12,069
22.
International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 1976
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 11 Apr 2005
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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11,664
23.
High-Frequency Trading
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 06 Jun 2011
Working Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Independent, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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11,348
24.
The Volatility Effect: Lower Risk Without Lower Return
Journal of Portfolio Management, pp. 102-113, Fall 2007, ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2007-044-F&A
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 17 Apr 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Robeco Quantitative Investments and Robeco Quantitative Investments
Downloads
11,193
25.
The Halloween Indicator, 'Sell in May and Go Away': Another Puzzle
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 15 Apr 1998
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society and Saemor Capital
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Halloween Indicator, 'Sell in May and Go Away': Another Puzzle
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 15 Apr 1998
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2009
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10,564
The Halloween Indicator, 'Sell in May and Go Away': Another Puzzle
American Economic Review, Vol. 92, No. 5, pp. 1618-1635, December 2002
Posted: 28 Mar 2002
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2009
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10,564
26.
Differences and Similarities in Islamic and Conventional Banking
International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 2
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 21 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES or FAST-NU) - FAST School of Business
Downloads
10,358
27.
Market Risk Premium Used in 56 Countries in 2011: A Survey with 6,014 Answers
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 26 Apr 2011
Working Paper Series
IESE Business School, IESE Business School and IESE
There are 2 versions of this paper
Market Risk Premium Used in 56 Countries in 2011: A Survey with 6,014 Answers
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 26 Apr 2011
Downloads
9,599
Market Risk Premium Used in 56 Countries in 2011: A Survey with 6,014 Answers
IESE Business School Working Paper No. 920
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 21 Oct 2011
Downloads
1,572
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9,599
28.
Fallacies, Irrelevant Facts, and Myths in the Discussion of Capital Regulation: Why Bank Equity is Not Socially Expensive
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2013/23, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 161, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 13-7
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 04 Nov 2013
Last Revised: 12 Jan 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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8,887
29.
Bitcoin - Asset or Currency? Revealing Users' Hidden Intentions
ECIS 2014 (Tel Aviv)
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 16 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 22 May 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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8,684
30.
Statistical Arbitrage in the U.S. Equities Market
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 30 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
New York University (NYU) - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and New York University (NYU) - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
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8,671
31.
A History of Bitcoin
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 06 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
UNSW Business School
Downloads
8,405
32.
A Multifractal Model of Asset Returns
Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1164, Sauder School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Working Paper Series
Yale University - International Center for Finance, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and EDHEC Business School - Department of Economics & Finance
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8,313
33.
The Norway Model
Journal of Portfolio Management, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2012, pages 67–81, https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2012.38.2.067
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 17 Jul 2019
Last Revised: 17 Jul 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and AQR Capital Management
Downloads
8,215
34.
From FinTech to TechFin: The Regulatory Challenges of Data-Driven Finance
New York University Journal of Law and Business, Forthcoming, European Banking Institute Working Paper Series 2017 - No. 6, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/007, University of Luxembourg Law Working Paper No. 2017-001
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Apr 2017
Last Revised: 19 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Universite du Luxembourg - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
Downloads
8,131
35.
Tactical Allocation in Commodity Futures Markets: Combining Momentum and Term Structure Signals
Journal of Banking and Finance 34, 2530-2548
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 11 Sep 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Cass Business School, City University of London, Audencia Business School and City University of London - Sir John Cass Business School
Downloads
8,100
36.
DeFi and the Future of Finance
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Last Revised: 05 Apr 2021
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Independent and Fei Protocol
Downloads
8,059
37.
Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets
Review of Financial Studies ( 2011), 24(11), .
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 01 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets
Review of Financial Studies ( 2011), 24(11), .
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 01 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2012
Downloads
7,861
Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets
NBER Working Paper No. w14082
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 25 Jun 2010
Downloads
113
Downloads
7,861
38.
Foreign Direct Investment in China: Effects on Growth and Economic Performance
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 15 Feb 2002
Working Paper Series
Institute for International Economics and Institute for International Economics
Downloads
7,859
39.
Do Global Stocks Outperform US Treasury Bills?
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 09 Jul 2019
Working Paper Series
W.P. Carey School of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Do Global Stocks Outperform US Treasury Bills?
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 09 Jul 2019
Downloads
7,799
Long-Term Shareholder Returns: Evidence from 64,000 Global Stocks
Number of pages: 101
Posted: 14 Oct 2020
Last Revised: 21 Oct 2020
Downloads
985
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7,799
40.
Why Did Some Banks Perform Better during the Credit Crisis? A Cross-Country Study of the Impact of Governance and Regulation
Charles A Dice Center Working Paper No. 2009-12 , Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2009-03-012
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 17 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 27 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
Bocconi University - Department of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Why Did Some Banks Perform Better during the Credit Crisis? A Cross-Country Study of the Impact of Governance and Regulation
Charles A Dice Center Working Paper No. 2009-12 , Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2009-03-012
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 17 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 27 Sep 2010
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7,782
Why Did Some Banks Perform Better During the Credit Crisis? A Cross-Country Study of the Impact of Governance and Regulation
NBER Working Paper No. w15180
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 25 Jun 2010
Downloads
148
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7,782
41.
Russian Privatization and Corporate Governance: What Went Wrong?
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 22 Sep 1999
Accepted Paper Series
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Harvard Law School and University of Maryland - Center on Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS)
Downloads
7,689
42.
Finding Yield in a 2% World
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 04 Feb 2016
Working Paper Series
Cambria Investment Management
Downloads
7,654
43.
Is Disruptive Blockchain Technology the Future of Financial Services?
69 The Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 232 (2016)
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 31 May 2016
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
Downloads
7,642
44.
Some New Evidence on Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Grand Valley State University and Independent
Downloads
7,605
45.
An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 74, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Working Paper No. 11-05
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 03 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
Center for Global Development, Birk Consulting and Cornell University
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7,535
46.
Cryptofinance
Number of pages: 141
Posted: 19 May 2014
Last Revised: 16 Jan 2016
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
Downloads
7,342
47.
Striking Oil: Another Puzzle?
EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 14 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Rotterdam School of Management, Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society and APG Asset Management
There are 3 versions of this paper
Striking Oil: Another Puzzle?
EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 14 Aug 2005
Downloads
7,184
Striking Oil: Another Puzzle
ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2003-082-F&A
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 30 Nov 2006
Downloads
846
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7,184
48.
Corporate Governance, Investor Protection and Performance in Emerging Markets
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 19 Mar 2002
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
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7,116
49.
Two Centuries of Multi-Asset Momentum (Equities, Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Sectors and Stocks)
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 20 May 2015
Last Revised: 11 May 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Finance Department and Two Centuries Investments
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6,818
50.
The Legal and Institutional Preconditions for Strong Securities Markets
UCLA Law Review, vol. 48, pp. 781-855, 2001, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 179
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 06 Oct 1999
Last Revised: 27 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
6,793
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