This study analyzes the stock price impact of the Aurora theater and Newtown (Sandy Hook) school massacres on both domestic (US) and foreign theater operators and US gun manufacturers in an effort to document the economic effects of these tragedies.

This paper examines equity market responses to workplace homicides. Although previous research has examined the demographic, behavioral, and loss control aspects of workplace violence, as well as stock price reactions to large, non-operating losses, this is the first study to jointly consider...

We analyze the wealth effects of the Texaco racial discrimination lawsuit both on the shareholders of Texaco and its major U.S. competitors. Employing a comprehensive data set which included every case docket entry and every Wall Street Journal article on the case as an experimental stimulus,...

We present an analysis of clientele trading effects in response to the widespread dissemination of public information. Employing analyst recommendations published in the Wall Street Journal's Dartboard column as the informational stimulus and the NYSE's trades and quotes (TAQ) transactions...