Creating a pan-European equity market: The origins of EASDAQ

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-573

  Weber, Steven ^a   Posner, Elliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EASDAQ; European Commission; European equity markets; Investment Services Directive (ISD); Neuer Markt; Nouveau March

Indexed keywords

EID: 6144242377     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096922900750034545     Document Type: Article

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