What insiders know about future earnings and how they use it: Evidence from insider trades

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-346

  Ke, Bin ^a   Huddart, Steven ^a   Petroni, Kathy ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insider trading; Securities regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042929878     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(03)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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