Insider trading, news releases, and ownership concentration

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2931-2973

  Fidrmuc, Jana P ^a   Goergen, Marc ^b   Renneboog, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33846233483     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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