Catastrophic events, contagion, and stock market efficiency: The case of the space shuttle challenger

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-129

  Blose, Laurence E ^a   Bornkamp, Robin ^b   Brier, Marci ^b   Brown, Kendis ^b   Frederick, Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte ^*

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EID: 0013232844     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-3300(96)90010-5     Document Type: Article

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