Investor inattention and the market reaction to merger announcements

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1781-1793

  Louis, Henock ^a   Sun, Amy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Investor inattention; Market efficiency; Merger announcements

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE EVENTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVESTOR INATTENTION; MARKET EFFICIENCY; MARKET REACTIONS; MERGER ANNOUNCEMENTS; STOCK RETURNS; TRADING VOLUMES;

COMMERCE; DATA PROCESSING; MERGING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 77958077971     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1212     Document Type: Article

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