Hourly share price response to the release of preliminary annual financial reports: Some UK evidence

British Accounting Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-202

  Opong, Kwaku K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030240729     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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