Shareholder wealth effects of legislative events: The case of airline deregulation

Public Choice

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 301-331

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Das, Somnath ^b,c   Ou, Chin S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0031510722     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017958205632     Document Type: Article

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