Short-selling ban and cross-sectoral contagion: evidence from the UK
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduced a ban on the short-selling of specified financial-sector stocks in September 2008. The regulator’s stated objectives were to protect market quality, stabilize the market for financial-sector stocks, and prevent cross-sectoral contagion. We analy...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/37106/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37106/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37106/1/bafa_contagion__LSE_2014.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/37106/6/azhar.pdf |