This paper summarizes the short selling restrictions adopted - mainly on an emergency basis - in the time period of July 2008 up to mid-June 2010 in 56 countries around the world. It is a supplement to a recent article of the authors (Gruenewald et al., 2010) and gives a detailed overview of the...

This article examines the recent regulatory developments with regard to short selling. Short selling regulation is an important factor in firm governance because it affects the way in which firms are subject to market discipline. We begin with a comprehensive compilation of emergency...