DIETHER, KARL B.; LEE, KUAN-HUI; WERNER, INGRID M. - In: Journal of Finance 64 (2009) 1, pp. 37-73
We examine the effects of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-mandated temporary suspension of short-sale price tests for a set of Pilot securities. While short-selling activity increases both for NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed Pilot stocks, returns and volatility at the daily level are...