Stock returns and volatility following the September 11 attacks: Evidence from 53 equity markets

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-46

  Nikkinen, Jussi ^a   Omran, Mohammad M ^b   Sahlström, Petri ^c   Äijö, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

International markets; September 11 attacks; Stock returns; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349048238     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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