Managerial actions in response to a market downturn: Valuation effects of name changes in the dot.com decline

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 319-335

  Cooper, Michael J ^a   Khorana, Ajay ^b   Osobov, Igor ^a   Patel, Ajay ^c   Rau, P Raghavendra ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dot.com bubble; Inefficient markets; Internet firms; Name changes; Valuation effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344288401     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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