Corporate Insiders and the Death of the Firm: Evidence on the Incidence of Insider Trading in Corporate Dissolutions

Thomas H Eyssell

The Financial Review, 1991, vol. 26, issue 4, 517-33

Abstract: To date, little attention has been devoted to the relationship between the transactions of corporate insiders in the periods preceding corporate dissolutions and the form of dissolution taken. This study examines the transactions of corporate insiders preceding two forms of dissolution: bankruptcy and voluntary liquidation. The evidence suggests that prior to voluntary liquidations corporate insiders have been heavy net purchasers of their firms' shares. In contrast, heavy selling by corporate insiders was observed for a sample of firms that filed for bankruptcy. Copyright 1991 by MIT Press.

Date: 1991
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