Post-earnings-announcement drift: The role of revenue surprises

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 22-34

  Jegadeesh, Narasimhan ^a   Livnat, Joshua ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646434515     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v62.n2.4081     Document Type: Article

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