Global stock market reactions to scheduled U.S. macroeconomic news announcements

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-104

  Nikkinen, Jussi ^a   Omran, Mohammed ^b   Sahlström, Petri ^c   Äijö, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Macroeconomic news; Market integration; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747766124     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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