Contagion: A fear for African equity markets?

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-297

  Collins, Daryl ^a   Biekpe, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African equity markets; Contagion; Correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037780745     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-6195(03)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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