Is there information content from insider trading activities preceding earnings and dividend announcements in Hong Kong?

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-437

  Cheng, Louis T W ^a   Leung, T Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Dividends; Earnings; Insider trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649087238     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2008.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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