The stock market's reaction to unemployment news: Why bad news Is usually good for stocks

Journal of Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 649-672

  Boyd, John H ^a   Hu, Jian ^b   Jagannathan, Ravi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 16244368074     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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