The social construction of market value: Institutionalization and learning perspectives on stock market reactions

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-457

  Zajac, Edward J ^a   Westphal, James D ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 4143058161     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900306     Document Type: Article

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