The information content of insider trading around seasoned equity offerings

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-117

  Ching, Ken M L ^a   Firth, Michael ^b   Rui, Oliver M ^c  

^a CEIC Data Company Limited   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Insider trading; Placings; Rights offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 30044440498     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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