Short sellers and financial misconduct

Journal of Finance

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1879-1913

  Karpoff, Jonathan M ^a   Lou, Xiaoxia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 77957145679     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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