Short interest, institutional ownership, and stock returns

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-276

  Asquith, Paul ^a,b   Pathak, Parag A ^c   Ritter, Jay R ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Limits to arbitrage; Short interest; Short sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244436241     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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