Short Selling, Informed Trading, and Information Flows

Dear Colleagues,

There has been extensive discussion on short-selling activities and their effects on market liquidity and informational efficiency in capital markets. While many previous studies examined these topics around firm-specific events (e.g., earnings announcements) or financial regulations (e.g., Regulation SHO), the trading behavior of such sophisticated investors and its impact can be re-examined in connection with new firm-specific or macroeconomic factors, or financial laws and regulations. This Special Issue collects theoretical/empirical academic research work investigating these related topics from a fresh angle. Special topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Short selling in capital markets;
• Trading behavior of sophisticated investors, such as insiders and institutional investors;
• The effect of short selling and informed trading on liquidity;
• The effect of short selling and informed trading on informational efficiency:
• The role of financial regulations on short selling and informed trading;
• The impact of an exogenous economic shock (e.g., COVID-19) on the trading activities of short sellers and informed traders.

Dr. Eunju Lee
Guest Editor

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• short selling
• informed trading
• institutional investors
• liquidity
• informational efficiency
• financial regulation