Financialization, crisis and commodity correlation dynamics

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-65

  Silvennoinen, Annastiina ^a   Thorp, Susan ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial integration; Global financial crisis; Smooth transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872028568     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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