Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the pre- and post-split behavior for trades and quotes of iShare exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that split in June 2005. The objective is to determine whether post-split changes in the bid-ask spread, trade turnover, average dollar-size trade,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the pre‐ and post‐split behavior for trades and quotes of iShare exchange‐traded funds (ETFs) that split in June 2005. The objective is to determine whether post‐split changes in the bid‐ask spread, trade turnover, average...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the 2008 SEC short selling ban on financial firms and whether this ban negatively impacted private information provision in these short-restricted equities. Design/methodology/approach – This paper employs the French and Roll Variance Ratio...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of trades by informed traders and uninformed traders on the asymmetric volatility relation, a stylized fact that has long been puzzling financial economists. Avramov, Chordia, and Goyal's hypothesized that asymmetric volatility,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the 2008 SEC short selling ban on financial firms and whether this ban negatively impacted private information provision in these short‐restricted equities. Design/methodology/approach – This paper employs the French and Roll Variance Ratio...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of trades by informed traders and uninformed traders on the asymmetric volatility relation, a stylized fact that has long been puzzling financial economists. Avramov, Chordia, and Goyal's hypothesized that asymmetric volatility,...