This paper investigates the market's reaction to UK insider transactions and analyzes whether the reaction depends on the firm's ownership.There are three major findings.First, differences in regulation between the UK and US, in particular the speedier reporting of trades in the UK, may explain...

It has recently been acknowledged that all over the world, large shareholders control important parts of publicly traded companies. This dissertation tries to contribute to the existing literature by exploring particular aspects of large shareholders in market economies as well as transition...