Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the share price volatility of Mediterranean banks and their dividend policies, with particular emphasis on the variation of results across sub-samples and the outcomes when omitting outlier observations....

This paper outlines the main concepts behind short selling activities and explores their relevance to a smaller stock market in the context of Maltese securities. While short sales have desirable properties, especially with respect to pricing efficiency, formal and informal restrictions may...