Can long-term institutional owners improve market efficiency in parsing complex legal disputes?
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Institutional ownership; Securities class actions; Market efficiency; Natural language processing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- K41 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Litigation Process
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