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Are African Stock Markets Efficient? A Comparative Analysis Between Six African Markets, the UK, Japan and the USA in the Period of the Pandemic Cover

Are African Stock Markets Efficient? A Comparative Analysis Between Six African Markets, the UK, Japan and the USA in the Period of the Pandemic

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|Apr 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2022-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2385-8052 | Journal ISSN: 0547-3101
Language: English
Page range: 35 - 51
Submitted on: Nov 1, 2021
Accepted on: Feb 1, 2022
Published on: Apr 13, 2022
Published by: University of Maribor
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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