Earnings announcements and portfolio selection. Do they add value?

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-50

  Nawrocki, David N ^a   Carter, William L ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The QInsight Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings announcements; Economic tests; Information and market efficiency; Portfolio management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032325553     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(99)80037-4     Document Type: Article

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