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Research Article

Firm-specific determinants of stock prices in an emerging capital market: Evidence from Ghana Stock Exchange

Felix Kwame AvehDepartment of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Research, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Achimota, Accra, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dadson Awunyo-VitorFaculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaView further author information
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David McMillanUniversity of Stirling, UK
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Article: 1339385 | Received 20 Mar 2017, Accepted 02 Jun 2017, Published online: 28 Jun 2017

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