Disclosure regulation and the profitability of insider trading: Evidence from New Zealand

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 479-502

  Etebari, Ahmad ^a   Tourani Rad, Alireza ^b   Gilbert, Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Insider trading; Securities regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644289297     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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