Non-normality and risk in developing Asian markets

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-605

  Alles, Lakshman ^a   Murray, Louis ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

developing markets; Risk measures

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKEWNESS;

ASIA;

EID: 78650911657     PISSN: 02190915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219091510002086     Document Type: Article

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