The changing efficiency of African stock markets

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-67

  Jefferis, Keith ^a   Smith, Graham ^b  

^a Bank of Botswana   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African stock markets; Efficiency; GARCH

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FINANCIAL MARKET; STOCK MARKET;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 23844442174     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2005.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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