Anomalous stock returns around internet firms earnings announcements

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 249-271

  Trueman, Brett ^a   Wong, M H Franco ^b   Zhang, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital market; Earning announcement; Internet; Price pressure; Stock return

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037217429     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(02)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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