Article
Does short selling affect the clustering of stock prices?
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
(2020)
Abstract
We examine the role of short selling activity on the level of price clustering in equity markets. Consistent with the negotiation hypothesis of Harris (1991), we find that at monthly level, higher shorting activity significantly decreases the clustering of daily closing prices on round increments of $0.05. Moreover, at intraday level, transaction prices tend to cluster less on round increments of $0.05 when short sellers are more active. Our findings suggest that both intraday and closing stock prices tend to be more uniformly distributed and hence informationally efficient in the presence of short sellers.
Keywords
- Short selling,
- Price clustering,
- Round prices,
- Intra-day clustering
Disciplines
Publication Date
May, 2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2019.08.008
Citation Information
Ahmed S. Baig and Nasim Sabah. "Does short selling affect the clustering of stock prices?" The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Vol. 76 (2020) p. 270 - 277 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nasim-sabah/5/