Informed trading under different market conditions and moneyness: Evidence from TXO options

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-208

  Chan, Kam C ^a   Chang, Yuanchen ^b   Lung, Peter P ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Information flow; Options

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649087444     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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