Stock market volatiltity around national elections
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- Bialkowski, Jedrzej & Gottschalk, Katrin & Wisniewski, Tomasz Piotr, 2008. "Stock market volatility around national elections," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(9), pages 1941-1953, September.
- Bialkowski, Jedrzej & Gottschalk, Katrin & Wisniewski, Tomasz Piotr, 2006. "Stock Market Volatility around National Elections," Working Paper Series 2006,2, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), The Postgraduate Research Programme Capital Markets and Finance in the Enlarged Europe.
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Keywords
Political risk; National elections; Stock market volatility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2006-11-12 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-CFN-2006-11-12 (Corporate Finance)
- NEP-PBE-2006-11-12 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2006-11-12 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-RMG-2006-11-12 (Risk Management)
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