Abstract
Our study examines the relation between insider trading and corporate information transparency. We find a negative relation between firms' information transparency and the economic significance of insider trading, including the amount of insider purchase and sale and the profitability of insider transactions. We also find a negative relation between information transparency and stock price reaction to news of insider trading, which suggests that increases in information transparency preempt insiders' private information. Our study provides evidence consistent with firms' transparency-enhancing activities decreasing information asymmetry between insiders and investors by revealing insiders' private information to investors in a timely manner.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 645-664 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Financial Review |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2012 |
Keywords
- Corporate information transparency
- Information asymmetry
- Insider trading
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