Differential Interpretations, Private Information and Trading Volume Around French Firms' Good News vs. Bad News Preliminary Announcements

European Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-429

  Chahine, Salim ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 77954643662     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180600988811     Document Type: Article

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