Copeland, Laurence; T. Elliott, Joseph - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 21 (2013) 4, pp. 334-352
Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of the ban on short trading of stocks on the London Stock Exchange, introduced in September 2008 in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In particular, the paper investigates how far the ban succeeded in achieving...