EVENT STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 June 1997
Abagail McWilliams, Donald S. Siegel
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We examined the use of event studies in management research and found that there was inadequate attention paid to theoretical and research design issues. This lack of attention may lead to false in...
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