We examine the economic determinants of short-sale supply, and its consequences for future stock returns. Lendable supply increases with expected borrowing costs and decreases with financial statement constructs that indicate overvaluation. Although rising loan fees help ease supply, we find...

We examine the effects of the short selling ban, imposed by Australian regulators in the wake of the global financial crisis, on trading of financial stocks. Unlike other developed markets, where regulators imposed short-selling restrictions for brief periods of time at the height of the...

We examine if differences in short selling volumes and the information impounded by short sells can contribute to explaining pricing differences which exist between the A- and H-share markets in China. In particular, we argue and also find that informed short selling around earnings...

Most of the financial regulators around the world such as ASIC, FSMA, CSRC, AMF, FFSA, FCA, SEC reacted to the 2007-09 turmoil and 2011 Greek debt crisis by imposing short sales restrictions. These series of events held and elevated at different dates and in different nations based on various...