Stock market volatility around national elections

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1941-1953

  Białkowski, Jedrzej ^a   Gottschalk, Katrin ^a   Wisniewski, Tomasz Piotr ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National elections; Political risk; Stock market volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749099956     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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