Stock price and systematic risk effects of discontinuation of corporate R&D programs

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 568-581

  Saad, Mohsen ^a   Zantout, Zaher ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Intellectual property rights; Market efficiency; R D investment; Systematic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650453715     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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