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The “autumn effect” in the gold market—does it contradict the Adaptive Market Hypothesis? Cover

The “autumn effect” in the gold market—does it contradict the Adaptive Market Hypothesis?

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|Apr 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2024-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2543-5361 | Journal ISSN: 2299-9701
Language: English
Page range: 157 - 172
Submitted on: Oct 18, 2023
Accepted on: Mar 4, 2024
Published on: Apr 18, 2024
Published by: Warsaw School of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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