Short selling and the rounding of analysts’ forecasts
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2017.10.001
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Keywords
Short selling; Regulation SHO; Rounding; Earnings forecasts; Analysts;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- M40 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - General
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