Return Synchronicity and Insider Trading Profitability

We investigate the association between stock return synchronicity and insider trading profitability. Morck, Yeung and Yu (2000) suggest that greater stock return synchronicity (or R2) reflects less firm‐specific information in stock prices. Consistent with the view, we find significantly higher insi...

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Published in:International review of finance 2020-12, Vol.20 (4), p.857-895
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