Becchetti, Leonardo; Ciciretti, Rocco - In: Giornale degli Economisti 70 (2011) 2, pp. 3-58
We analyse with an event study approach the stock market reaction to Lehman Brothers' filing for chapter 11. Our inquiry on abnormal returns of about 2,700 stocks around the event date documents that RiskMetrics-KLD indexes capture factors affecting investors' reaction to the shock. We also find...