This paper conjectures that insiders exploit their stock's mispricing after earnings announcements to make profitable trades. We design two sets of tests to provide evidence of insider trading on mispricing of their stock. First, insiders' purchases and sales are profitable both after positive...

In recent years, several accounting standards, including IFRS 3, issued by the IASB substitute historical cost with fair value measures and so provide managers with increased discretion to determine the fair value without an actual market for the asset. Using Swedish data, we document the...