Insider trades and private information: The special case of delayed-disclosure trades

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1833-1864

  Cheng, Shijun ^a   Nagar, Venky ^b   Rajan, Madhav V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35448999691     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm029     Document Type: Article

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