Short-Selling Bans Around the World: Evidence from the 2007-09 Crisis

Journal of Finance

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 343-381

  Beber, Alessandro ^a   Pagano, Marco ^b  

^a CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 84872396822     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2012.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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