Sooner or later: An analysis of the delays in insider trading reporting

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 130-147

  Betzer, André ^a,b   Theissen, Erik ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c Center for Financial Studies   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Directors' dealings; Insider trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349083240     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2009.02173.x     Document Type: Article

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