An event analysis of industrial timberland sales on shareholder values of major U.S. forest products firms

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 396-401

  Sun, Xing ^a   Zhang, Daowei ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital Asset Pricing Model; Event study; Industrial timberland sales; Shareholder values

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL REGRESSION; EVENT ANALYSIS; EVENT STUDIES; EVENT STUDY; FOREST PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL TIMBERLAND SALES; MARKET CAPITALIZATION; SHAREHOLDER VALUES; SYSTEMATIC RISK;

COMMERCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALES; SHAREHOLDERS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79957550864     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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