Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.

This paper examines the informational contents of between insider trading, firm performance and earnings management. Together, our evidence suggests that insiders are rational economic agent. They not only appear to trade on the basis of their superior information about contemporaneous and next peri...

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Main Authors: Leong, Ed Mund., Lim, Chin Hor., Tan, Song Chao.
Other Authors: Sawicki, Julia
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Published: 2008
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-92742023-05-19T07:23:07Z Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents. Leong, Ed Mund. Lim, Chin Hor. Tan, Song Chao. Sawicki, Julia Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Finance::Stock exchanges This paper examines the informational contents of between insider trading, firm performance and earnings management. Together, our evidence suggests that insiders are rational economic agent. They not only appear to trade on the basis of their superior information about contemporaneous and next period earnings innovations; they also appear to use their discretion in financial statement reporting in insider trading. 2008-09-24T07:30:24Z 2008-09-24T07:30:24Z 2004 2004 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9274 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Leong, Ed Mund.
Lim, Chin Hor.
Tan, Song Chao.
Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.
description This paper examines the informational contents of between insider trading, firm performance and earnings management. Together, our evidence suggests that insiders are rational economic agent. They not only appear to trade on the basis of their superior information about contemporaneous and next period earnings innovations; they also appear to use their discretion in financial statement reporting in insider trading.
author2 Sawicki, Julia
author_facet Sawicki, Julia
Leong, Ed Mund.
Lim, Chin Hor.
Tan, Song Chao.
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author Leong, Ed Mund.
Lim, Chin Hor.
Tan, Song Chao.
author_sort Leong, Ed Mund.
title Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.
title_short Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.
title_full Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.
title_fullStr Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.
title_full_unstemmed Insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.
title_sort insider trading, firm performance and earnings management : deciphering their informational contents.
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