What Do Independent Directors Know? Evidence from Their Trading

Enrichetta Ravina & Paola Sapienza
Published Date
Copyright 2010
DOI 10.1093/rfs/hhp027
Book: Corporate Governance
Book editor: Michael Weisbach
PUBLISHER: The Review of Financial Studies, vol. 23, no. 3

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We compare the trading performance of independent directors and other officers of the firm. We find that independent...

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