The dynamic interactions among the stock, bond and insurance markets

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-52

  Lee, Chien Chiang ^a   Huang, Wei Ling ^a   Yin, Chun Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bond market; Generalized impulse response; Granger causality test; Insurance market; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878795523     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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