The existence of insider trading in Malaysia: an event study approach / Abdul Hafiz Yusof... [et al]

This paper focuses on the role of insider trading activity in Malaysia. It attempts to indicate the existence of the abnormal profit from this activity. Recently developed countries like United States and United Kingdom have reported that the activity can no longer gives abnormal profit for long per...

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Main Authors: Yusof, Abdul Hafiz (Author), Mohd Nassaruddin, Ahmad Fawwaz (Author), Haris, Sharazad (Author), Muhamad Yusuf, Noor Hafizha (Author), Wan Zakaria, Wan Mohd Farid (Author)
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis, 2013-06.
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