Fundamental uncertainty and stock market volatility

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1425-1440

  Arnold, Ivo J M ^a,b   Vrugt, Evert B ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; STOCK MARKET; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52049106690     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100701857922     Document Type: Article

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