Efficiency and the bear: Short sales and markets around the world

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1029-1079

  Bris, Arturo ^a   Goetzmann, William N ^b   Zhu, Ning ^c  

^a IMD ^*

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248190280     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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