Insider trading and the information content of earnings

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1069-1095

  Udpa, Suneel C ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0242480012     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb01159.x     Document Type: Article

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