Does fi nancial market liberalization increase the degree of market ef fi ciency ? The case of the Athens stock exchange

Article history: In this paper we assess if t Received 3 November 2008 Received in revised form 14 November 2008 Accepted 24 November 2008 Available online 3 December 2008

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