The equity and efficiency of the Australian share market with respect to director trading

Accounting Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-19

  Uylangco, Katherine ^a   Easton, Steve ^a   Faff, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Directors; Financial reporting; Shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954978494     PISSN: 10309616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10309611011060506     Document Type: Article

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