Do Prices Reveal the Presence of Informed Trading?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1555-1582

  Collin Dufresne, Pierre ^a   Fos, Vyacheslav ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84937705558     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12260     Document Type: Article

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