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Evidence for and Against the Validity of Efficient Market Hypothesis

By: Miljan Leković  
Open Access
|Sep 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ethemes-2018-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2217-3668 | Journal ISSN: 0353-8648
Language: English
Page range: 369 - 387
Submitted on: May 6, 2018
Accepted on: Oct 16, 2018
Published on: Sep 26, 2019
Published by: University of Niš, Faculty of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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