Inspired by the limited research regarding the influence of CEO succession origin on corporate misconduct, this study draws on organizational identification theory and agency theory to examine this issue. Empirical analysis indicates that insider CEOs significantly constrain corporate misconduct...

Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions are highly information sensitive, frequently making them insider trading targets, which undermines market fairness and stability. This paper examines how common institutional ownership affects insider trading in M&A through a 2010 to 2023 analysis of...

This paper establishes an insider trading model under market supervision, which includes four types of trading entities: an insider trader, n external traders, noise traders, and market makers. The insider trader voluntarily discloses information to the external traders during the trading...

According to the research, the proportions of various types of investors may or may not change in response to different trading strategies or complex trading environments. This paper investigates a single-period trading model for multiple risk-averse and risk-neutral insider traders. The...

This study assesses the level of potential insider trading on the Saudi stock market (Tadawul) before and after the introduction of financial reforms. The level of potential insider trading is estimated by employing the market cleanliness measure (MCM) which determines the proportion of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission's investigative process remains opaque and challenging to study due to limited observability. Leveraging de-identified smartphone geolocation data, we provide new insights into the SEC's monitoring practices by tracking SEC-associated devices that visit...

Following the work of Shin (1993) and Cain, Law and Peel (1997, 2001), several researchers have reported estimates of the fraction of money placed on sports betting by "insiders" with superior information to bookmakers. We show the method for estimating the fraction of insiders used in this...

Purpose - This study aims to explore the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) power and stock price crash risk in India. Furthermore, it seeks to analyse how insider trades may moderate the impact of CEO power on stock price crash risk. Design/methodology/approach - A study of 236...

This paper carries out a first-of-its-kind evaluation of the effectiveness of insider dealing policy in the UK focusing on the civil regime's penalty-setting framework against individuals. Under the assumption that there is a risk of underestimating illegal benefits from insider dealing for the...

We present a closed-form solution connecting the probability of informed trading (PIN) to the overlooked parameter that signaling private information is good or bad. Estimating PIN using illegal insider trading data, we find it sensitive to the certainty of positive private information in...

We use the multi-period DID (difference-in-differences) model and Chinese A-share listed companies from 2009 to 2019 to analyze the relation between the capital market opening and insider trading profitability. We find that capital market opening can significantly inhibit insider trading...

This paper analyzes the effects of loan contract amendments and insider trading on stock returns. Loan renegotiations are frequent and contain potentially relevant information about the financial health of firms. Because managers and officers are better informed about the outcome of such...

Securities regulation must balance the dual objectives of mitigating market abuse and permitting issuers to manage their capital flexibly and efficiently. This paper examines this issue in the specific context of the regulation of share buybacks within the insider dealing framework in a...

This paper investigates the impact of firms’ executive pay disparity on insider trading returns prior corporate earnings disclosures. We find evidence that executive pay disparity has a significant positive relationship with abnormal returns from insider purchases preceding the good earnings...

This paper examines the relationship between insider abnormal trading returns, executive pay disparity, and CEO turnover. Our study finds both independent and interaction effects of insider abnormal returns and CEO pay gap on the probability of CEO turnovers. First, an increase in insider...