Insider Trading: Global Developments and Analysis

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Paul U. Ali, Greg N. Gregoriou
CRC Press, Aug 22, 2008 - Business & Economics - 456 pages
Essential Reading on an Expanding PhenomenonThe recent growth in mergers and acquisitions worldwide has been accompanied by a resurgence in insider trading on a scale not witnessed since the 1980s takeovers boom. Given the greater emphasis on insider trading in the global securities markets, this text combines the latest law and finance research on
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Market Inefficiencies and Inequities of Insider TradingAn Economic Analysis
3
The Case of Martha Stewart
13
Chapter 3 An Economic and Ethical Look at Insider Trading
35
Insider Trader?
49
Chapter 5 Insider Trading Regulation in Transition Economies
67
Chapter 6 Credit Derivatives and Inside Information
89
Regulating Insider Trading A Illegal Insider Trading
97
Chapter 7 Inside Information and the European Market Abuse Directive 20036
99
Evaluation and Recommendations
209
Regulating Insider Trading B Legal Insider Trading
223
Deregulate the Sell Side
225
Chapter 15 Positive and Negative InformationInsider Trading Rethought
245
Economic Consequences of Insider Trading
261
Chapter 16 The Economic and Financial Features of Insider Trading
263
Chapter 17 Insider Trading News Releases and Ownership Concentration
279
Chapter 18 Incentives to Acqire Information
341

Chapter 8 Insider Trading in Australia
129
Chapter 9 The Evolution of Insider Trading Regulations in Japan
143
Chapter 10 Insider Trading in China
157
Chapter 11 Hedge Fund Fraud
167
Chapter 12 Extraterritorial Reach of the Insider Trading Regimes in Australia and the United States
177
The Case of Brazil
369
Evidence from the Netherlands
385
Index
403
Back cover
421
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