Capital market integration in the Middle East and North Africa

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 34-57

  Lagoarde Segot, Thomas ^a,b   Lucey, Brian M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

MENA markets; Portfolio diversification; Stock market integration; Time varying methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547263487     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X430303     Document Type: Article

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