Measuring the impact of corporate investment announcements on share prices: The Spanish experience

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 715-747

  Del Brio, Esther B ^a   Perote, Javier ^b   Pindado, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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EID: 27844590603     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.05254     Document Type: Article

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