Friends in high places: The wealth effec
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William O. Brown
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Article
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1996
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Springer US
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English
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This paper uses anecdotal evidence to identify a group of firms that had significant ties to President Lyndon Johnson and determines the effect of Johnson's unexpected rise to the Presidency on the market value of these firms. The unexpected nature of President Kennedy's death eliminates the confoun