Does the stock market predict real activity? Time series evidence from the G-7 countries

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1771-1792

  Choi, Jongmoo Jay ^a   Hauser, Shmuel ^b,c   Kopecky, Kenneth J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Israel Securities Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

G 7 countries; Industrial production; Stock prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033474607     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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