The market's response to recurring events The case of stock splits

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-127

  Pilotte, Eugene ^a   Manuel, Timothy ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings information; Price response; Stock splits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030139722     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(95)00859-D     Document Type: Article

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