Banning short sales and market quality: The UK's experience

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1975-1986

  Marsh, Ian W ^a   Payne, Richard ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquidity; Market efficiency; Short selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860882351     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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