Social learning and corporate peer effects

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 653-669

  Kaustia, Markku ^a   Rantala, Ville ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Peer effect; Social learning; Stock splits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938747634     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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