Are capital markets integrated? A test of information transmission within the European Union

Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 64-80

  Horobeţ, Alexandra ^a   Lupu, Radu ^a  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Capital market; Co integration; Emerging markets; European Union; Granger causality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349436277     PISSN: 15826163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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