Idiosyncratic risk in emerging markets

Financial Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1053-1078

  Angelidis, Timotheos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

C13; Emerging markets; G10; G11; Idiosyncratic risk; Tracking error volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001999000     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2010.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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