Option volume and stock prices: Evidence on where informed traders trade

Journal of Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-465

  Easley, David ^a   O'Hara, Maureen ^b   Srinivas, P S ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0040165095     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.194060     Document Type: Article

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