Concept information
Preferred term
short-sale schemes
Definition
- Short selling, or “shorting,” is a type of speculative trading in securities that, depending on the context, can represent both a legitimate and an illegitimate business activity. It involves a trader selling a share in the belief that its value will decrease. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Short-Sale Schemes]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/short-sale_schemes
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