Output, stock volatility, and political uncertainty in a natural experiment: Germany, 1880-1940

Journal of Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2243-2257

  Bittlingmayer, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 11544327955     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00090     Document Type: Article

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