Costly arbitrage and idiosyncratic risk: Evidence from short sellers

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 564-579

  Duan, Ying ^a   Hu, Gang ^b   McLean, R David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77955512557     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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