Oil prices and stock markets in gcc countries: Empirical evidence from panel analysis

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-253

  Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi ^a,b   Rault, Christophe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

GCC stock markets; Oil prices; Panel cointegration analysis

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; OIL SUPPLY; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 84862170073     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: 10991158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.443     Document Type: Article

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