Does insider trading have information content for the bond market?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 555-575

  Datta, Sudip ^a   Iskandar Datta, Mai E ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Finance Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond markets; Insider trading; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030124041     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4266(95)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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