Event study
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Event study
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An event study is a statistical method to assess the impact of an event. Early prominent uses of event studies occurred in the field of finance. For example, the announcement of a merger between two business entities can be analyzed to see whether investors believe the merger will create or destroy value. The basic idea is to find the abnormal return attributable to the event being studied by adjusting for the return that stems from the price fluctuation of the market as a whole. The event study
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Statistical method in finance
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_study
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2024-04-12T01:54:36Z
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