Short Selling Activity and Effects on Financial Markets and Corporate Decisions

Xu Guo; Chunchi Wu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-91231-4_100

Short Selling Activity and Effects on Financial Markets and Corporate Decisions

Xu Guo
, Chunchi Wu

Finance

Shenzhen University

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Abstract

We review the current state of research on short sales, including the information content in short interest, information advantages of short sellers, and firms’ reactions to the short-selling threat. We also discuss the data and metrics commonly used in short selling studies and summarize important empirical findings. Finally, we suggest several future directions to improve our understanding of the role of short sellers in capital market development and in influencing corporate decisions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Finance, Third Edition
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	2313-2340
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030912314
ISBN (Print)	9783030912307
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91231-4_100
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

Keywords

Corporate decisions
Financial reporting
Return predictability
Short interest
Short selling

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