Modelling size and illiquidity in West African equity markets

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1011-1030

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUITY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; STOCK MARKET;

COTE D'IVOIRE; ENGLAND; FRANCE; GHANA; ILE DE FRANCE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MOROCCO; NIGERIA; PARIS; TUNISIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 77954417054     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603101003724364     Document Type: Article

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