Are all independent directors equally informed? Evidence based on their trading returns and social networks

Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 795-813

  Cao, Ying ^a   Dhaliwal, Dan ^b,c   Li, Zengquan ^d   Yang, Yong George ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Independent directors; Insider trading; Social networks

Indexed keywords

SALES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EVIDENCE-BASED; INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INSIDER TRADING; NETWORK EFFECTS; NEWS INFORMATION; PRIVATE INFORMATION; SOCIAL CONNECTION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84926643317     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1892     Document Type: Article

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