The growth and limits of arbitrage: Evidence from short interest

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1238-1286

  Hanson, Samuel G ^a   Sunderam, Adi ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

G02; G12; G14; G23

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899007727     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hht066     Document Type: Article

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