Stock returns and economic activity in mature and emerging markets

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 668-685

  Tsouma, Ekaterini ^a  

^a Centre for Planning and Economic Research KEPE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Granger causality; Mature and emerging markets; Stock returns economic activity nexus; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649103785     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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