The effects of news on initial corporate lawsuits

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-55

  Koku, Paul Sergius ^a   Qureshi, Anique A ^b   Akhigbe, Aigbe ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Event studies; Initial lawsuits; Value of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402480     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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