Directors' share dealings and company financial performance

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-234

  Hamill, Philip A ^a   McIlkenny, Philip ^b   Opong, Kwaku K ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directors; Excess returns; Financial performance; Financial variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444438552     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019677230611     Document Type: Article

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