An investigation of the informational role of short interest in the Nasdaq market

Journal of Finance

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2263-2287

  Desai, Hemang ^a   Ramesh, K ^b   Thiagarajan, S Ramu ^c   Balachandran, Bala V ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^c Mellon Capital Management   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042671323     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00495     Document Type: Article

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