The growth in equity market size and trading activity: An international study

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-90

  Li, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Laws and institutions; Stochastic frontier; Turnover; Value traded

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846283821     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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