Modelling stock returns in Africa's emerging equity markets

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Alagidede, Paul ^a   Panagiotidis, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

African stock markets; Asymmetric volatility; Stock returns; Weak form efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349107735     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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