The effect of short selling on bubbles and crashes in experimental spot asset markets

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1119-1157

  Haruvy, Ernan ^a   Noussair, Charles N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745686518     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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