Government partisanship, elections, and the stock market: Examining American and British stock returns, 1930-2000

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 780-802

  Leblang, David ^a   Mukherjee, Bumba ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745318485     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2005.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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