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Skewness and Investors' Decisions: A Reply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Fred D. Arditti
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Jack Clack Francis' paper is a most interesting and provocative one, because it is the first to present empirical evidence questioning the importance of a distribution's skewness parameter in the investor's decision process. In particular, Francis claims his evidence demonstrates that stock market investors do not consider skewness in choosing among alternative investments.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 1975 , pp. 173 - 176
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1975

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