Stock market anomalies: What can we learn from repurchases and insider trading?

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-70

  Core, John E ^a   Guay, Wayne R ^a   Richardson, Scott A ^a   Verdi, Rodrigo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accruals; Anomalies; Post earnings announcement drift

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645568060     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-006-6395-y     Document Type: Article

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