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Is All Politics Local Regional Political Risk in Russia and The Panel of Stock Returns
Is All Politics Local Regional Political Risk in Russia and The Panel of Stock Returns
Is all politics local? Regional political risk in Russia and the panel of stock
returns
PII: S2214-6350(18)30149-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2018.11.002
Reference: JBEF 174
Please cite this article as: Shanaev S. and Ghimire B., Is all politics local? Regional political risk in
Russia and the panel of stock returns. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (2018),
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Political factor is impactful both as long-term risk premia and short-term shocks