Insider Trading: Global Developments and Analysis [Paperback]

Essential Reading on an Expanding Phenomenon

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:

• What are the relative costs and benefits of insider trading?

• What is the rationale for criminalizing insider trading?

• Should insider trading that causes security prices to rise be subjected to harsher criminal and civil sanctions than trading that decreases securities costs?

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 economlÓ`