Reactions of the international stock exchange to company employment announcements: Redundancies and new jobs

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1181-1208

  Collett, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 26844461783     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00466     Document Type: Article

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