Event studies and the analysis of antitrust

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-245

  Cichello, Michael ^a   Lamdin, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Empirical Methods; Event Studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746832004     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510600784557     Document Type: Review

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