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Income Inequality and Stock Returns: Asymmetric Effects on Canadian Provinces

By: Nazif Durmaz and  Bin Dai  
Open Access
|Jan 2026

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Language: English
Page range: 42 - 52
Submitted on: Jul 21, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 10, 2025
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Published on: Jan 26, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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