Congressional Insider Trading: Returns of US Representative During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Congressional Insider Trading: Returns of US Representative During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Bauer, Thomas

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2022

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Abnormal returns from insider trading among members of Congress disappeared in 2012 with the passage of the STOCK Act. Prior to these regulations, existing literature showed that members of Congress earned significant abnormal returns. However, there have recently been concerns that certain members of Congress exploited their information advantages related to the Covid-19 pandemic and partook in insider trading. Given this development, it is important to reassess if insider trading occurs in congress. This thesis finds little evidence of widespread insider trading in the US House of Representatives during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Bauer, Thomas. (2022). Congressional Insider Trading: Returns of US Representative During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227745.

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