Privatization, political risk and stock market development in emerging economies

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-69

  Perotti, Enrico C ^a   Van Oijen, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; F30; G18; Political risk; Privatization; Stock markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002377673     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(00)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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