Volatility and investment: Interpreting evidence from developing countries

Economica

Volumn 66, Issue 262, 1999, Pages 157-1179

  Aizenman, Joshua ^a   Marion, Nancy ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 0032766628     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00163     Document Type: Article

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