Short-sales constraints and price discovery: Evidence from the Hong Kong market

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2097-2121

  Chang, Eric C ^a   Cheng, Joseph W ^b   Yu, Yinghui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 34548496502     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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