Do managers time the market? Evidence from open-market share repurchases

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2673-2694

  Chan, Konan ^a,d   Ikenberry, David L ^b   Lee, Inmoo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Market timing; Open market share repurchases; Pseudo market timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547936727     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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