European stock markets and the ECB's monetary policy surprises

International Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-130

  Bohl, Martin T ^a   Siklos, Pierre L ^b   Sondermann, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 56549111236     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: 14682362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2362.2008.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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