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Table 3 Text file structure

From: Analysis of an event study using the Fama–French five-factor model: teaching approaches including spreadsheets and the R programming language

Text file

Number of columns

Columns names

Events data

3

COMPANY, DATE, MARKET

Market data

2

Date, DJ30

Sample data

14

COMPANY, TICKER, MARKET, YEAR(t), STARTING_PRICE_YEAR(t − 1), CLOSING_PRICE_YEAR(t − 1), MARKET_CAP(t − 1), TOTAL_EQUITY(t − 1), REVENUES(t − 1), COGS(t − 1), SG&A(t − 1), INTEREST_EXPENSE(t − 1), ASSETS(t − 1), ASSETS(t − 2)

Risk-free data

2

Date, RF

Companies’ files

3

Date, PX_LAST, PX_VOLUME

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