The impact of corporate governance press news on stock market returns

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-119

  Carretta, Alessandro ^a   Farina, Vincenzo ^a   Martelli, Duccio ^a   Fiordelisi, Franco ^b   Schwizer, Paola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

corporate governance; event study; G14; G34; shareholder value; text analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650631614     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2010.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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