The determinants of short selling: Evidence from the Hong Kong equity market

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 183-216

  McKenzie, Michael ^a,b   Henry, Ólan T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equities; Market efficiency; Short selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867230219     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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