Which shorts are informed?

Which shorts are informed?

We construct a long daily panel of short sales using proprietary NYSE order data. From 2000 to 2004, shorting accounts for more than 12.9% of NYSE volume, suggesting that shorting constraints are not widespread. As a group, these short sellers are well informed. Heavily shorted stocks underperform l...

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Main Authors: BOEHMER, Ekkehart, JONES, Charles M., ZHANG, Xiaoyan
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
Subjects:
short selling
return predictability
informed trading
Business
Finance and Financial Management
Portfolio and Security Analysis
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4660
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5659/viewcontent/WhichShortsInformed_pp.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5659/viewcontent/WhichShortsInformed_pp.pdf

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