Econometrics of Event Studies

Handbook of Empirical Corporate Finance SET

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-36

  Kothari, S P ^a   Warner, Jerold B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 84882486619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53265-7.50015-9     Document Type: Chapter

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