Consumption asymmetry and the stock market: Empirical evidence

Economics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-342

  Apergis, Nicholas ^a   Miller, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Consumption; Stock market; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751174526     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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