American presidential elections and returns of defence industry stocks

Applied Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 985-993

  Homaifar, Ghassem ^a   Randolph, William L ^b   Helms, Billy P ^c   Haddad, Mahmoud ^d  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040508242     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036848800000021     Document Type: Article

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