IMF-related announcements and stock market returns: Evidence from financial and non-financial sectors in Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-104

  Evrensel, Ayşe Y ^a   Kutan, Ali M ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b Emerging Markets Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Financial sector stock returns; The Asian Crisis; The IMF

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845873849     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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