Short selling of ADRs and foreign market short-sale constraints

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 886-897

  Blau, Benjamin M ^a   Van Ness, Robert A ^b   Warr, Richard S ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Depository Receipts (ADRs); Short selling; Short sale constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856295573     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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