Stock return, risk, and legal environment around the world

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Chiou, Wan Jiun Paul ^a   Lee, Alice C ^b   Lee, Cheng Few ^c  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized method of moments; International equity markets; Legal environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349871325     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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