Investor reaction to corporate event announcements: Underreaction or overreaction?

Journal of Business

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 357-386

  Kadiyala, Padmaja ^a   Rau, P Raghavendra ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842665273     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381273     Document Type: Review

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