Political risk and capital flight

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-329

  Le, Quan Vu ^a   Zak, Paul J ^b,c  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital flight; Economic risk; Policy uncertainty; Political instability; Portfolio choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644452887     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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