Event studies are privileged because it is unlikely that anything much more significant was driving asset prices in the immediate aftermath of a major event. So, if Powell is speaking, it is unlikely (but possible) that another development systematically affects asset prices. On average, idiosyncratic shocks (like a firm inexplicably declaring earnings …
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