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 ana...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Azhar, Jaafar, Aziz, Goddard, John
Format: Article
Language:English
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Published: Palgrave MacMillan 2015
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