The complexity of price discovery in an efficient market: The stock market reaction to the Challenger crash

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-479

  Maloney, Michael T ^a   Mulherin, J Harold ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenger; Price discovery; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037412144     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(02)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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