# Professor April Klein's joint research on reverse stock splits is spotlighted

1 Faculty News February 19, 2020 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030935.jpg?itok=M2u2hHSi)>

Excerpt from [The Motley Fool](https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/02/19/a-reverse-stock-split-isnt-the-answer-groupon.aspx) -- "A reverse split conveys a lack of confidence, and it's not just the initial hit that weighs on most of the companies that have gone this route. A study by researchers at NYU Stern School of Business and Emory University looked at 1,612 reverse splits that were executed in a 40-year span of time through 2001."

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