Financial markets and economic performances: Empirical evidence from five industrialized economies

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-348

  Colombage, Sisira R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causality testing; Financial markets; VARs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649968178     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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