Disclosures of insider purchases and the valuation implications of past earnings signals

Accounting Review

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 313-342

  Veenman, David ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accruals quality; Earnings persistence; Information uncertainty; Insider trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857244314     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10162     Document Type: Review

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