Economic implications of bull and bear regimes in UK stock and bond returns

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 500, 2005, Pages 111-143

  Guidolin, Massimo ^a   Timmermann, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL MARKET; INVESTMENT; STOCK MARKET;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13344262667     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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