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Stock Market Volatility and Weak-form Efficiency: Evidence from an Emerging Market

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  • Abid Hameed

    (State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi)

  • Hammad Ashraf

    (Bahria University, Islamabad)

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  • Abid Hameed & Hammad Ashraf, 2006. "Stock Market Volatility and Weak-form Efficiency: Evidence from an Emerging Market," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 45(4), pages 1029-1040.
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