Sectoral efficiency of the Malaysian stock market and the impact of the Asian financial crisis

Studies in Economics and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-208

  Lim, Kian Ping ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic sectors; Malaysia; Stock markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749184320     PISSN: 10867376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10867370810894710     Document Type: Article

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