How does the stock market respond to chemical disasters?

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-205

  Capelle Blancard, Gunther ^a   Laguna, Marie Aude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Environmental liability; Event study; Insurance; Technological risk

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DISASTERS; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY; EVENT STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS; MARKET VALUES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; ORIGINAL SAMPLE; SERIOUS INJURIES; STOCK MARKET; TECHNOLOGICAL RISK; TOXIC RELEASE;

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; FINANCE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

COMMERCE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LIABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; REFINING INDUSTRY; STOCK MARKET; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

EID: 74649084223     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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