Sovereign rating changes-Do they provide new information for stock markets?

Economic Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-166

  Hooper, Vince ^a   Hume, Timothy ^a   Kim, Suk Joong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Country risk; Ratings outlook; Sovereign ratings; Stock markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549083269     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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