The stock market reaction to investment announcements: The case of individual capital expenditure projects

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 681-708

  Burton, Bruce M ^a   Lonie, A Alasdair ^b   Power, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037756959     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00271     Document Type: Article

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