Insider Trading Around ESOP Announcements: Wealth Effect vs. Control Effect
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Banking and Finance
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1675-722X
DOI: 10.32890/ijbf2003.1.2.8336