Insider trading in financial markets: Legality, ethics, efficiency

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 28, Issue , 2001, Pages 1046-1063

  O’Hara, Phillip Anthony ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Ethics; Insider dealing; Legal matters; Stock markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749000468     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006139     Document Type: Review

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