The information content of stock split announcements: Do options matter?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 930-946

  Chern, Keh Yiing ^a   Tandon, Kishore ^b   Yu, Susana ^c   Webb, Gwendolyn ^b  

^a Arsenal Capital Partners   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information efficiency; Stock split announcement; Stocks options

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049156148     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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