Does cultural distance matter in international stock market comovement? Evidence from emerging economies around the world

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-78

  Lucey, Brian M ^a   Zhang, QiYu ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Emerging markets; International stock market comovement

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649128498     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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