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Should Africa’s emerging markets still be considered as a separate asset class?

Gideon BoakoWits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Department of Accounting and Finance, Garden City University College, GhanaView further author information
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Paul AlagidedeWits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 61-66 | Published online: 03 May 2016

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