Short sales are almost instantaneously bad news: Evidence from the Australian stock exchange

Journal of Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2205-2223

  Aitken, Michael J ^a   Frino, Alex ^a   Mccorry, Michael S ^a   Swan, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 11544251374     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00088     Document Type: Article

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