The institutional and macroeconomic determinants of stock market development in emerging economies

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1615-1625

  Yartey, Charles Amo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MACROECONOMICS; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 78149371936     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2010.522519     Document Type: Article

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