Reexamination of the link between insider trading and price efficiency

Economic Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-228

  Wisniewski, Tomasz P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analyst following; Earnings announcements; Insider trading; Price efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344635049     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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