The good news in short interest

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-97

  Boehmer, Ekkehart ^a,b   Huszar, Zsuzsa R ^c,d   Jordan, Bradford D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Market efficiency; Short interest; Short sale constraints; Short sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049085698     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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