Jeopardy, non-public information, and insider trading around SEC 10-K and 10-Q filings

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-36

  Huddart, Steven ^a   Ke, Bin ^a   Shi, Charles ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Government regulation; Insider trading; Litigation risk; Stock based compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846493512     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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