The effect of short selling and borrowing on market prices and traders’ behavior

This paper studies the effect of allowing borrowing and short selling on market prices and traders’ forecasts in an experimental asset market. There are four treatments, organized in a 2 × 2 design based on whether or not margin buying is allowed, and whether short selling is permitted or not. We ob...

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Main Authors: Duchêne, S. (Author), Guerci, E. (Author), Hanaki, N. (Author), Noussair, C.N (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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