The response of global equity indexes to U.S. monetary policy announcements

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-365

  Wongswan, Jon ^a  

^a Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well Being   (United States)

Author keywords

High frequency data; International stock markets; Monetary policy announcements

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449091317     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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