Are economically significant stock returns and trading volumes driven by firm-specific news releases?

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-82

  Ryan, Paul ^a   Taffler, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845318751     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2004.0002.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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