The effects of insider trading on liquidity

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 467-483

  Cheng, Louis ^a   Firth, Michael ^a   Leung, T Y ^b   Rui, Oliver ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c The Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depth; Insider trading; Liquidity; Spread

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749680573     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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