Short selling and the price discovery process

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-322

  Boehmer, Ekkehart ^a   Wu, Juan Julie ^b  

^a EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84872739532     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhs097     Document Type: Article

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