Political elections and the resolution of uncertainty: The international evidence

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1575-1604

  Pantzalis, Christos ^a   Stangeland, David A ^b   Turtle, Harry J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; G14; G15; Market indices; Uncertain information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012328971     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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