The response of competitors to announcements of bankruptcy: An empirical examination of contagion and competitive effects

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-395

  Ferris, Stephen P ^a   Jayaraman, Narayanan ^b   Makhija, Anil K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Competitive effect; Contagion effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498279     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(97)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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