The information content of directors' trades: Empirical analysis of the Australian market

Investment Management and Financial Innovations

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-133

  Hotson, Lisa ^a   Singh, Harminder ^a   Singh, Navjot ^a  

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Author keywords

Asymmetric and private information; Estimation

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EID: 84855331616     PISSN: 18104967     EISSN: 18129358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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