CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259298738
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 27CQ
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To discuss: The cumulative abnormal returns.

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The difference between the actual returns and expected returns is termed as abnormal returns and the aggregate of abnormal returns are termed as cumulative abnormal returns.

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