Trading volume around earnings announcements and other financial reports: Theory, research design, empirical evidence, and directions for future research

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-471

  Bamber, Linda Smith ^a   Barron, Orie E ^b   Stevens, Douglas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959327184     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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