How do different types of investors react to new earnings information?

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 127-144

  Ekholm, Anders ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Earnings; Investor behaviour; Investor reaction; Investor types; Market efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645127611     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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