We analyse with an event study approach the stock market reaction to one of the most important episodes in the global financial crisis (Lehman Brothers filing for chapter 11). Our inquiry on abnormal returns of about 2,700 stocks around the event date documents that the shock induces investors...

We evaluate the impact of fair trade (FT) affiliation on child labour on a sample of Chilean honey producers with a retrospective panel data approach. From a theoretical point of view we argue that, in the short run, FT acts, on both adult and child wages, as a pure income effect to which a...

We analyse with an event study approach the stock market reaction to Lehman Brothers' ling for chapter 11. Our inquiry on abnormal returns of about 2,700 stocks around the event date documents that RiskMetrics-KLD corporate governance and product quality indexes capture factors a ecting...