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Insider Trading in the Swiss Stock Market

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  1. Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance, University of St. Gallen, Rosenbergstrasse 52, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Andreas Zingg, Sebastian Lang & Daniela Wyttenbach

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We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Klaus Spremann, Dr. Rico von Wyss, and Stephan Süss for their helpful comments. Furthermore we would like to thank two anonymous referees for their helpful comments.

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Zingg, A., Lang, S. & Wyttenbach, D. Insider Trading in the Swiss Stock Market. Swiss J Economics Statistics 143, 331–362 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399242

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Keywords

  • Insider trading
  • Market efficiency
  • Swiss stock market

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