Strategic bankruptcies and price reactions to bankruptcy filings

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1319-1335

  Rose Green, Ena ^a   Dawkins, Mark ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 57149135748     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00471     Document Type: Article

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