An increase in the cost of selling short should increase the bearish information content of short interest announcements by driving relatively uninformed short sellers out of the market. We extend the Diamond and Verrecchia (1987) model to include short selling against the box and test the...

An increase in the cost of short selling should increase the bearish information content of short interest announcements by driving relatively uninformed short sellers out of the market (Diamond and Verrecchia, 1987). We extend the Diamond and Verrecchia model to include short selling against...

Which journal articles have had the most impact on finance research? Which articles were most cited in each of the last 30 years? Which journals dominated finance research in the 1990s? Did any finance sub-discipline stand out or lag behind in the 1990s? We answer these and similar questions...

Which journal articles have the most impact on finance research? Which journals dominate finance research in the 1990s? We answer these and similar questions using a comprehensive sample of journals, an extensive time period, and a new ranking method that avoids problems inherent in the existing...

An increase in the cost of short selling should increase the bearish information content of short interest announcements by driving relatively uninformed short sellers out of the market (Diamond and Verrecchia 1987). We extend the Diamond and Verrecchia model to include short selling against the...