Event study methodology in business research: a bibliometric analysis

PurposeThis study aims to provide an objective analysis of the state-of-the-art and intellectual development of publications related to event study methodology in business research.Design/methodology/approachThe sample includes 1,219 papers related to event study methodology, covering all business d...

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Published in:Industrial management + data systems 2020-10, Vol.120 (10), p.1863-1900
Main Authors: Wang, Qian, Ngai, Eric W.T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormal returns
Bibliometrics
Business
Citation analysis
Citation indexes
Cocitation
Data collection
Documents
Investigations
Investments
Investors
Keywords
Literature reviews
Management information systems
Marketing
Methodology
Product recalls
Research design
Securities markets
Stock prices
Subjectivity
Trends
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Summary:PurposeThis study aims to provide an objective analysis of the state-of-the-art and intellectual development of publications related to event study methodology in business research.Design/methodology/approachThe sample includes 1,219 papers related to event study methodology, covering all business disciplines and spanning 34 years from 1983 to 2016.FindingsThrough three stages of primary analysis, namely, initial sample, citation and co-citation analyses, the authors identified the publication trends, supplementary techniques, influential publications and intellectual clusters in the area of event study methodology in business.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings serve as a benchmark for the extensive literature related to event study methodology in business and may facilitate the transference of the amassed useful techniques among disciplines and the identification of future research directions.Originality/valueThe current study represents as a pioneering effort to review event study-related publications using bibliometric analysis.
ISSN:0263-5577
1758-5783
DOI:10.1108/IMDS-12-2019-0671