Do foreign short-sellers predict stock returns? Evidence from daily short-selling in Korean stock market

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-75

  Wang, Shu Feng ^a   Lee, Kuan Hui ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emerging market; Foreign investor; G12; G14; G15; Korean stock market; Short selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924293073     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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