Margin trading and comovement during crises

We exploit threshold rules governing margin trading eligibility in India to identify a causal link between margin trading and increased comovement during crises. Margin trading explains more than one-quarter of the increase return comovement that we observe during crises. To understand the mechanism...

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Main Authors: Kahraman, B, Tookes, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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