Does stock market liberalization spur financial and economic development in the MENA region?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-693

  Ben Naceur, Samy ^a,b   Ghazouani, Samir ^a,c   Omran, Mohammed ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^e Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Growth; Liberalization; MENA; Stock market development

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349113620     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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