Publication

29 May 2009

Fears of systemic meltdown following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 led to uncoordinated regulatory interventions around the world to ban or restrict short selling. Short selling is a technique that allows one to profit from falling stock prices.

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Author Piero Cinquegrana
Series CEPS ECMI Commentaries
Issue 23
Publisher Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Copyright © 2009 Piero Cinquegrana
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