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Short Selling : Costs and Benefits

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Short Selling : Costs and Benefits

DATE: November 2009

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ABSTRACT: Financial economists and practitioners generally have a positive view of short selling, a view on evidence at CenFIS's conference on short selling.
The ban on short sales in some firms did not increase trading in options, an effect that might have been expected.
Short sales might be made more efficient by a centralized listing of stock that can be borrowed and sold short.
Policy changes that are quick responses to financial difficulties can create uncertainty about future policies.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. "Short Selling : Costs and Benefits," Notes from the Vault (November 2009). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/7163/item/656195, accessed on December 2, 2023.

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