Short Selling Restrictions in Connection with the Financial Crisis of 2007-09
Short Selling Restrictions in Connection with the Financial Crisis of 2007-09
Author(s): Radosław ŚlusarczykSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: short-selling; short-sale constraints; financial crisis; financial market
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss legal solutions and their influence on the functioning of the financial market. These solutions were implemented by regulatory authorities in the United States and at the ministerial level in the European Union in the wake of the financial crisis. To better understand the given problem, the following issues are discussed: the profile of short selling, the theoretical concepts explaining its influence on the capital market, and its regulation on financial markets.
Journal: Argumenta Oeconomica Cracoviensia
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 09
- Page Range: 67-90
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English