Do insider trading laws work?

European Financial Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-312

  Bris, Arturo ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

G15; G34; G38; Insider trading; Market regulation; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751546847     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2005.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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