Patterns in the timing of corporate event waves

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-246

  Rau, P Raghavendra ^a   Stouraitis, Aris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 80053069455     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000694     Document Type: Article

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