The complexity of price discovery in an efficient market: the stock market reaction to the Challenger crash

@article{Maloney2003TheCO,
  title={The complexity of price discovery in an efficient market: the stock market reaction to the Challenger crash},
  author={Michael T. Maloney and John Harold Mulherin},
  journal={Journal of Corporate Finance},
  year={2003},
  volume={9},
  pages={453-479}
}
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