Sector level cost of equity in African financial markets

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-278

  Hearn, Bruce ^a,b   Piesse, Jenifer ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Capital asset pricing model; Emerging financial markets; Liquidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349995283     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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