The determinants of regulatory compliance: An analysis of insider trading disclosures in Italy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-343

  Bajo, Emanuele ^a   Bigelli, Marco ^a   Hillier, David ^b   Petracci, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Family firms; Insider trading; Italy; Regulation; Regulatory compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052332761     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0044-x     Document Type: Article

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