|
EconStor >
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main >
Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Universität Frankfurt a. M. >
CFS Working Paper Series, Universität Frankfurt a. M. >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57349
|
| | |
| Title: | | Short sale constraints, divergence of opinion and asset values: Evidence from the laboratory  |
| Authors: | | Fellner, Gerline Theissen, Erik |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CFS Working Paper 2011/05 |
| Abstract: | | The overvaluation hypothesis (Miller 1977) predicts that a) stocks are overvalued in the presence of short selling restrictions and that b) the overvaluation increases in the degree of divergence of opinion. We design an experiment that allows us to test these predictions in the laboratory. The results indicate that prices are higher with short selling constraints, but the overvaluation does not increase in the degree of divergence of opinion. We further find that trading volume is lower and bid-ask spreads are higher when short sale restrictions are imposed. |
| Subjects: | | Overvaluation Hypothesis Short Selling Constraints Divergence of Opinion |
| JEL: | | C92 G14 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-91482 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CFS Working Paper Series, Universität Frankfurt a. M.
|
| |
| | |
Download bibliographical data as:
BibTeX
|
| |
Share on:http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57349
|
Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
|