Unique symptoms of Japanese stagnation: An equity market perspective

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 901-923

  Hamao, Yasushi ^a   Mei, Jianping ^b   Xu, Yexiao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiosyncratic volatility; Japanese equity market; Market volatility; Recession

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250179198     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2007.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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