Does beta move with news? Firm-specific information flows and learning about profitability

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2789-2839

  Patton, Andrew J ^a   Verardo, Michela ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865249652     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhs073     Document Type: Article

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