Information demand and stock market volatility

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1808-1821

  Vlastakis, Nikolaos ^a   Markellos, Raphael N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial markets; Information demand; Risk aversion; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859650045     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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