Volume, opinion divergence, and returns: A study of post-earnings announcement drift

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-112

  Garfinkel, Jon A ^a   Sokobin, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

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EID: 33645154704     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2006.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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