This paper examines the association between insider trading before an earnings announcement and the magnitude of the post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD). Consistent with insiders' private information being incorporated into prices through their trading, we find PEAD is significantly lower...

This paper examines the association between insider trading prior to quarterly earnings announcements and the magnitude of the post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD). We conjecture and find that insider trades reflect insiders’ private information about the persistence of earnings news. Thus,...