Internet searching and stock price crash risk: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

In 2010, Google unexpectedly withdrew its searching business from China, reducing investors’ ability to find information online. The stock price crash risk for firms searched for more via Google before its withdrawal subsequently increases by 19%, suggesting that Internet searching facilitates inves...

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Published in:	Journal of financial economics Vol. 141; no. 1; pp. 255 - 275
Main Authors:	Xu, Yongxin, Xuan, Yuhao, Zheng, Gaoping
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.07.2021 Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects:	Business schools Database searching Financial economics Financial management Information processing Information services Internet Internet searching Internet stocks Internet/Web search services Investments Investor behavioral bias Investors Online information services Online searching Online services Prices Prices and rates Risk Risk assessment Search engines Stock price crash risk Stock prices Stocks Investor behavioral bias G41 Information processing Internet searching G12 G14 Stock price crash risk
ISSN:	0304-405X, 1879-2774
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