Share prices under Tory and Labour governments in the UK since 1945

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-400

  Hudson, Robert ^a   Keasey, Kevin ^a   Dempsey, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038465528     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031098332925     Document Type: Article

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