Insider Trading and Option Grant Timing in Response to Fire Sales (and Purchases) of Stocks by Mutual Funds

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 595-632

  Ali, Ashiq ^a   Wei, Kelsey D ^a   Zhou, Yibin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 79955489507     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2011.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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