Rational exuberance? An event analysis of the 2008 Olympics announcement

International Journal of Sport Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-15

  Leeds, Michael A ^a,c   Mirikitani, John M ^b,c   Tang, Danna ^b,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Economics ^*

Author keywords

Event study; Holding period return; Olympics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349326639     PISSN: 15586235     EISSN: 1930076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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