| dc.contributor.author | Dargenidou, C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tonks, I | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsoligkas, F | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-15T09:38:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-12-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We show that trades by corporate insiders after an earnings announcement determine in part the extent of the post-earnings announcement drift anomaly. Contrarian trades mitigate the under-reaction to earnings announcements, and confirmatory trades allow for price discovery with price movements continuing in the same direction of the earnings surprise. These results are consistent with insider trading being a mechanism that provides relevant information on transitory or permanent changes to the earnings process allowing the market to make appropriate inferences about the nature of the earnings surprise. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.citation | Published online 16-12-2017 | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jbfa.12305 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30685 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en_GB |
| dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 16th December 2019 to comply with publisher policy | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Insider trading | en_GB |
| dc.subject | earnings announcements | en_GB |
| dc.subject | market under-reaction | en_GB |
| dc.subject | market efficiency | en_GB |
| dc.title | Insider trading and the post-earnings announcement drift | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0306-686X | |
| dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Business Finance and Accounting | en_GB |
