Bainbridge, M. Stephen --- "Research Handbook on Insider Trading" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) [2013] ELECD 536

Editor(s): Bainbridge, M. Stephen

Title: Research Handbook on Insider Trading

Series: Research Handbooks in Corporate Law and Governance series

Topics: Economic Crime and Corruption; Company and Insolvency Law; Corporate Law and Governance; Corruption and Economic Crime

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 April 2013

Number of pages: 504

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857931849

ISBN (soft cover): 9781782544814

EISBN: 9780857931856

Abstract/Description:

In most capital markets, insider trading is the most common violation of securities law. It is also the most well known, inspiring countless movie plots and attracting scholars with a broad range of backgrounds and interests, from pure legal doctrine to empirical analysis to complex economic theory. This volume brings together original cutting-edge research in these and other areas written by leading experts in insider trading law and economics.

The Handbook begins with a section devoted to legal issues surrounding the US’s ban on insider trading, which is one of the oldest and most energetically enforced in the world. Using this section as a foundation, contributors go on to discuss several specific court cases as well as important developments in empirical research on the subject. The Handbook concludes with a section devoted to international perspectives, providing insight into insider trading laws in China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

This timely and comprehensive volume will appeal to students and professors of law and economics, as well as scholars, researchers and practitioners with an interest in insider trading.