The impact of salient political and economic news on the trading activity

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-217

  Chan, Yue Cheong ^a   Chui, Andy C W ^a   Kwok, Chuck C Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

G14; News; Stock exchange of Hong Kong; Trading activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041870983     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(01)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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