Does insider trading raise market volatility?

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 498, 2004, Pages 916-942

  Du, Julan ^a   Wei, Shang Jin ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MARKET CONDITIONS; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 6344277138     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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