Cumulative Abnormal Returns (CAR)

question 13

Multiple Choice

Cumulative abnormal returns (CAR)

• A) are used in event studies.
• B) are better measures of security returns due to firm-specific events than are abnormal returns (AR).
• C) are cumulated over the period prior to the firm-specific event.
• D) a and b.
• E) a and c.

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