Stock Market's Reaction to Disclosure of Environmental Violations: Evidence from China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-237

  Xu, X D ^a   Zeng, S X ^a   Tam, C M ^b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental violation events; Event study; Event window; Information disclosure; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859879803     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1035-2     Document Type: Article

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