Geopolitical Risk on Stock Returns : Evidence from Inter-Korea Geopolitics /

We investigate how corporate stock returns respond to geopolitical risk in the case of South Korea, which has experienced large and unpredictable geopolitical swings that originate from North Korea. To do so, a monthly index of geopolitical risk from North Korea (the GPRNK index) is constructed usin...

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Yazar: Jung, Seungho
Diğer Yazarlar: Lee, Jongmin, Lee, Seohyun
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/251
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Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF
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