Making political capital: The behaviour of the UK capital markets during Election '97

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-95

  Steeley, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; CAPITAL MARKET; FINANCIAL MARKET; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TRADE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746364798     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100210100873     Document Type: Article

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