Short-sale strategies and return predictability

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 575-607

  Diether, Karl B ^a   Lee, Kuan Hui ^b   Werner, Ingrid M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 59449089779     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn047     Document Type: Article

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