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Should Insider Trading be Prohibited when Share Repurchases are Allowed?

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Andrea Buffa
Giovanna Nicodano

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This paper considers share repurchases as the way long-term shareholders preserve their ability to use corporate information for speculative purposes when insider trading regulation is enforced. This use of corporate information increases the adverse selection losses of short-term shareholders. Thus, buy-back programs reduce their incentive to invest in stocks that back the most productive technology, leading to a socially inefficient equilibrium. It follows that insider trading should not be banned when share repurchases are allowed.

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Keywords: insider trading; share repurchase; liquidity; securities regulation; corporate information;

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G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies
D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information
K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Corporation and Securities Law

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