Extreme us stock market fluctuations in the wake of 9/11

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-42

  Straetmans, S T M ^a   Verschoor, W F C ^a   Wolff, C C P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51449111850     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.973     Document Type: Article

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