Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7352006 | Finance Research Letters | 2018 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
This paper examines the causal effect of short selling on analyst forecast precision by exploiting a regulatory change in short-sale constraints (Regulation SHO) as a natural experiment. I find that short selling increases analysts' rounding of forecasts, which indicates that analysts allocate less effort to gathering precise information on firms with downward price pressure. In the cross-section, the effect of short selling on analyst forecast precision is stronger for firms with more firm-specific information and firms with low levels of institutional holdings.
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Authors
Hae Mi Choi,