Economic commentaries: How does shortselling affect financial markets?

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This Economic Commentary discusses the banning of shortselling against the background of the bans that were introduced on many markets in the autumn of 2008. The Commentary questions whether the short-term benefits of temporarily bolstering share prices in order to reduce the systemic risk exceed the costs of a reduction in market efficiency.

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