What is wrong with insider trading?

The main argument against insider trading is that it is unfair and discourages ordinary people from participating in markets, making it more difficult for companies to raise capital. Insider trading based on material nonpublic information is illegal.

By H McVea · 1995 · Cited by 15 — What's wrong with insider dealing? Harry McVea. Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol*. If there is one fact about which critics

A company's executives are often referred to as insiders. When they buy and sell shares of their company, which they must disclose, this is called "insider trading,"

By A Strudler · 2009 · Cited by 6 — It examines the leading arguments for treating insider trading as morally wrong and suggests that these arguments are unpersuasive because they either rely on

Obviously, the reason insider trading is illegal is because it gives the insider an unfair advantage in the market, puts the interests of the insider above those to

By H McVea · ) 56 Law and Contemporary Problems 123; W T Allen 'Professor Scheppele's"Information: Legal Studies, Volume 15, Issue 3,"Type: Research Article