Foreign investor behaviour and the Asian financial crisis

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 395-422

  Bowe, Michael ^a   Domuta, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian crisis; Closed end country funds; F31; Foreign investors; G14; G15

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041868219     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-4431(01)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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