Event study testing with cross-sectional correlation of abnormal returns

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3996-4025

  Kolari, James W ^a   Pynnönen, Seppo ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

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EID: 77958526538     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq072     Document Type: Article

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