Do Insider Trading Laws Matter? Some Preliminary Comparative Evidence
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Keywords
Insider trading law; Market efficiency; Ownership structure; Law and finance; Comparative capital markets;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2005-03-13 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-FIN-2005-03-13 (Finance)
- NEP-LAW-2005-03-13 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-REG-2005-03-13 (Regulation)
- NEP-TRA-2005-03-13 (Transition Economics)
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