Shareholder litigation: Share price movements, news releases, and settlement amounts

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 563-586

  Beck, James D ^a   Bhagat, Sanjai ^b  

^a Smith Barney Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 85031027423     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199711/12)18:7/8<563::AID-MDE853>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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