Showing posts with label Short selling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Short selling. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 February 2012

A short story


Some days ago, France and Spain lifted the restrictions they had imposed on short selling (Financial Times, February 13 and February 16, 2012).  Many countries had implemented similar bans in 2008 in reaction to the financial crisis. (see Beber and Pagano, Journal of Finance, forthcoming for more details).