Stock Price Response to News of Securities Fraud Litigation: Market Efficiency and the Slow Diffusion of Costly Information
Preprint
- 1 January 2000
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier BV in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
This study distinguishes between announcements that precipitate federal class action securities fraud litigation, such as earnings surprises and restatements, aKeywords
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