Economic policy uncertainty, market returns and expected return predictability

Journal of Financial Economic Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 242-259

  Adjei, Frederick A ^a   Adjei, Mavis ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial Economics; Financial Markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026480625     PISSN: 17576385     EISSN: 17576393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFEP-11-2016-0074     Document Type: Article

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