Google attention and target price run ups

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-226

  Siganos, Antonios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Google search volume; Market anticipation; Mergers; Target price run ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882837689     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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