Essays on securities fraud class actions

<p>This piece argues that both the efficient market requirement and event study methodology—once the core of the fraud-on-the-market theory—have evolved in securities fraud class actions. It provides the first comprehensive analysis of fraud-on-the-market cases over the past fifty years and divides this evolution into five chronological stages.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2025

Author dc:creator

• Dong, Weikun

Contributors dc:contributor

• Andrew Tuch, Supervising Professor Scott Baker, Examining Professor Jared Jennings, Examining Professor

• Securities fraud, class action
• Law
• Legal Studies
• Securities Law

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_etds/105

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:law_etds-1103