Information asymmetry and cross-sectional variation in insider trading

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 195-232

  Huddart, Steven J ^a   Ke, Bin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Disclosure; Regulation; Securities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947615140     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/0277-1110-4434-M627     Document Type: Article

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