Oil price shocks, firm uncertainty, and investment

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 416-436

  Lee, Kiseok ^a   Kang, Wensheng ^b   Ratti, Ronald A ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Firm Uncertainty; Investment; Oil Price Shocks; Stock Price Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862921686     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100511000496     Document Type: Review

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