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  • William O. Brown, Jr.

    (Claremont McKenna College)

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    This paper finds that the majority of stock price movements remain unexplained after controlling for both public and private information. This suggests that economists’ inability to explain asset price movements is the result of either noise or naive asset pricing models.

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    Paper provided by Claremont Colleges in its series Claremont Colleges Working Papers with number 1999-26.

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    Handle: RePEc:clm:clmeco:1999-26

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    Keywords: asset pricing; news; private information;

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    1. Mitchell, Mark L & Mulherin, J Harold, 1994. " The Impact of Public Information on the Stock Market," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 49(3), pages 923-50, July.
    2. David Romer, 1992. "Rational Asset Price Movements Without News," NBER Working Papers 4121, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Cornell, Bradford, 1990. "Volume and R2: A First Look," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association & Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 13(1), pages 1-6, Spring.
    4. Grossman, Sanford J, 1995. " Dynamic Asset Allocation and the Informational Efficiency of Markets," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 50(3), pages 773-87, July.
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    1. Yu Cong & Rani Hoitash & Murugappa Krishnan, 2010. "Event study with imperfect competition and private information: earnings announcements revisited," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 34(3), pages 383-411, April.

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