Country financial risk and stock market performance: The case of Latin America

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-41

  Clark, Ephraim ^a   Kassimatis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity return; Financial risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346268924     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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