Stocks and energy shocks: The impact of energy accidents on stock market value

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1698-1702

  Scholtens, Bert ^a   Boersen, Arieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy accidents; Event study; Externalities; Stock market

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FINANCE;

ENERGY ACCIDENTS; ENERGY INDUSTRY; EVENT STUDIES; EVENT STUDY; EXTERNALITIES; FINANCIAL MARKET; STOCK MARKET;

COMMERCE;

DATABASE; ENERGY MARKET; FINANCIAL MARKET; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952191489     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.059     Document Type: Article

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