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The Economics of Insider Trading: A Free Market Perspective

verfasst von: Taylor Smith, Walter E. Block

Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 1/2016

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We deny that asymmetrical information is a market failure. In order to make this case, we subject to critical scrutiny the strongest case for this thesis: the view that laws prohibiting insider trading are viable, necessary, or compatible with the rule of law.

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Titel: The Economics of Insider Trading: A Free Market Perspective
verfasst von: Taylor Smith
Walter E. Block
Publikationsdatum: 27.03.2015
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2621-5

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