The private securities litigation reform act of 1995: The stock market casts its vote…

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 545-561

  Spiess, D Katherine ^a   Tkac, Paula A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 85040410576     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199711/12)18:7/8<545::AID-MDE865>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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