Detecting the great short squeeze on Volkswagen
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2016.02.001
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Keywords
Short squeeze; Volkswagen; Porsche; Regional variation; Law of one price; Limits to arbitrage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- G17 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Financial Forecasting and Simulation
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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