Short selling regulation after the financial crisis - First principles revisited

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-135

  Grünewald, Seraina N ^a   Wagner, Alexander F ^a   Weber, Rolf H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Market abuse; Market efficiency; Regulation; Short selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951858916     PISSN: 17413591     EISSN: 17466539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jdg.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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