A test of US equity market reaction to surprises in an era of high trading volume

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 461-469

  Ajayi, Richard A ^a   Mehdian, Seyed ^b   Perry, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STOCK MARKET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645541028     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100500400510     Document Type: Article

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