The relationship between the frequency of news release and the information asymmetry: The role of uninformed trading

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4134-4143

  Sankaraguruswamy, Srinivasan ^a   Shen, Jianfeng ^b   Yamada, Takeshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

D82; G14; Information asymmetry; News release; PIN; Uninformed trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882785199     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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