Cross-country variation in the liquidity effect: The role of financial markets

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 498, 2004, Pages 890-915

  Lastrapes, William D ^a   McMillin, W Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; INTEREST RATE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

EID: 6344284649     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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