Market liquidity and stock size premia in emerging financial markets: The implications for foreign investment

International Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-501

  Hearn, Bruce ^a   Piesse, Jenifer ^a,b   Strange, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954815109     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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