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Insider Trading: Global Developments and Analysis: Paul U. Ali, Greg N. Gregoriou
Editorial Reviews
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Regulating insider trading is likely to be most crucial for organizing efficient securities markets. The book provides a thought-provoking overview not only of the extant theory, but also of current regulatory developments.
—Jochen Zimmermann, Professor of Accounting & Dean, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen, Germany
This book stands as a valuable and stimulating reference on insider trading. It covers a wide range of key issues that add a real global perspective to the topic, not restricted to just the US, but encompassing European and Australasian markets, as well as key emerging markets as Brazil and China.
—Andrea Melis, Ph.D., University of Cagliari, Italy
This is a sweeping buffet of current thought about insider trading regulation and enforcement in and outside of the United States. The outstanding variety of perspectives presented highlights timely issues about this evolving topic.
—Kenton K. Yee, J.D., Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
[This book] brings together theory and practice in a multi-perspective examination of insider transactions and the effects and regulation of insider trading – informing, intriguing but most of all, challenging!
—Janice Loftus, Editor, FRRaG Senior Lecturer, Accounting Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney, Australia
[This book] lives up to its expectations. It offers a well-structured and comprehensive overview of ethical issues in insider trading, regulatory responses to insider trading and economic consequences. By including research contributions often elaborating on real-life situations from established markets, as well as emerging markets, this book offers a global and unique coverage of the topic of insider trading.
—Ann Jorissen, Ph.D., University of Antwerp, Belgium
Product Description
The recent growth in mergers and acquisitions worldwide has been accompanied by a resurgence in insider trading on a scale not witnessed since the 1980s takeovers boom. Given the greater emphasis on insider trading in the global securities markets, this text combines the latest law and finance research on this ever-intriguing area with timely, expert perspectives to comprehensively cover the established US, European, and Asia-Pacific securities markets, as well as the key emerging markets of Brazil and the greater China region.
Addresses These Fundamental Questions:
Examines Newsworthy and Recent Case Histories
This text brings together econometric analysis of insider trading with qualitative papers that focus on insider trading regulation. This combination of legal and economic perspectives makes Insider Trading: Regulation and Analysis a useful reference not only for financial academics, but also securities attorneys and managers and those involved with corporate governance.
Recently, the SEC Chairman called insider trading a major risk for US financial markets – a public acknowledgement that the prosecution of insider trading is a priority for the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This speaks to the need for this publication as a guide to the wide-reaching and highly relevant area of insider trading.
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