Insider ownership and signals: Evidence from stock split announcement effects

Financial Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-18

  Han, Ki C ^a   Suk, David Y ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; Insider ownership; Signals; Stock splits

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016000177     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1998.tb01365.x     Document Type: Article

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