“…ThePatell (1976) test for studying information content is used in several studies includingStice (1991),Lobo and Mahmoud (1989),Atiase (1985Atiase ( , 1987,Cho and Jung (1991),Shores (1990),Chari et al (1988), andMcNichols and Manegold (1983), among others.19 This methodology has been used to study information content byCready and Mynatt (1991),Asthana and Balsam (2001), andOlibe and Cready (2003), among others.…”