Stock-price effects of internet buy-sell recommendations: The motley fool case

Financial Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-174

  Hirschey, Mark ^a   Richardson, Vernon J ^a   Scholz, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Market efficiency; Newsletters; Value effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014254752     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2000.tb01418.x     Document Type: Article

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