Structural incoherence and stock market activity

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-432

  Zuckerman, Ezra W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 4143066992     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900305     Document Type: Article

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