Shorting Restrictions: Revisiting the 1930s

Financial Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-35

  Jones, Charles M ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Depression; Securities lending; Short sales; Shorting ban; Tick test; Uptick rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859861050     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2011.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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