Short positions, size effect, and the liquidity hypothesis: Implications for stock performance

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-116

  Elfakhani, Said ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 0039174265     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031000331978     Document Type: Article

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