Does director trading change the information environment?

Millicent Chang, Xiaolin Qian, Jing Yu and Yvonne See
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Millicent Chang: The University of Western Australia, Australia
Xiaolin Qian: University of Macau, China

Australian Journal of Management, 2017, vol. 42, issue 2, 205-229

Abstract: Investigating ASX300 firms for the period 2002–2010, we find that the information content of director trading has a negative relationship with post-trade information asymmetry, but a positive relationship with information efficiency. These results are mainly driven by director purchases rather than their sales, and are stronger in non-executive director trading. Our results are robust to the adoption of IFRS in 2005 and the global financial crisis in 2008. These findings back the claims of insider trading proponents, by showing that director trading plays a crucial role in reducing information asymmetry and in improving information efficiency for stock market participants.

Keywords: Director trading; information asymmetry; information environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G14 G30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0312896215614631

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