Shackling Short Sellers: The 2008 Shorting Ban

In September 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) temporarily banned most short sales in nearly 1,000 financial stocks. We examine the ban's effect on market quality, shorting activity, the aggressiveness of short sellers, and stock prices. The ban's effects are concentr...

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Published in:The Review of financial studies 2013-06, Vol.26 (6), p.1363-1400
Main Authors: Boehmer, Ekkehart, Jones, Charles M., Zhang, Xiaoyan
Format: Article
Language:English
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2008
Bans
Betriebsgröße
Business orders
Börsenkurs
Common stock
Degradation
Enterprises
Financial analysis
Financial services
Finanzmarktregulierung
Impact analysis
Leerverkauf
Liquidity
Market prices
Markets
Merchants
Nasdaq Composite Index
Prices
Quality standards
Sales
Short sales
Stock exchange
Stock exchanges
Stock prices
Stocks
Studies
Trade
U.S.A
USA
Variable coefficients
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