The determinants of stock returns in a small open economy

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-185

  Cauchie, Séverine ^a   Hoesli, Martin ^a,b,c   Isakov, Dušan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c International Center FAME   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Macroeconomic APT; Market integration; Risk factors; Statistical APT

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642406856     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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