Stock market integration in the GCC countries

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2010, Pages 102-114

  Marashdeh, Hazem A ^a   Shrestha, Min B ^b  

^a ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Nepal Rastra Bank (The Central Bank of Nepal)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

ARDL modeling approach; GCC countries; Stock market integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649168855     PISSN: 14502887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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