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Re-assessing international stock return predictability: evidence from directional accuracy and excess profitability tests

Boriss SiliverstovsKOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-3 | Published online: 28 Apr 2016

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