The information content of short interest: A natural experiment

Journal of Business

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1307-1335

  Arnold, Tom ^a   Butler, Alexander W ^b   Crack, Timothy Falcon ^c   Zhang, Van ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27644590403     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430861     Document Type: Article

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