Short Sale Constraints and Dispersion of Opinion: Evidence from the Indian Equity Market

Financial Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-143

  Giannikos, Christos I ^a   Gousgounis, Eleni ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Derivatives; Dispersion of opinion; Indian equity market; Short sale constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859845399     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2011.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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