Insider sales under the threat of short sellers : new hypothesis and new tests

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Title:	Insider sales under the threat of short sellers : new hypothesis and new tests
Authors:	Wang, K Wang, R Wei, JKC Zhang, B Zhou, Y
Issue Date:	2022
Source:	The Accounting Review, 2022, v. 97, no. 2, p.427-451
Abstract:	Using the Regulation SHO program as a quasi-experiment, we document that the threat of short selling has a negative effect on the volume of opportunistic insider selling and a positive effect on its profitability for each transaction. These effects are stronger among firms with higher litigation risk, greater media coverage, and executives who have more of their firms' stock-related holdings. We further find robust evidence when we extend the analyses to short selling deregulations in the Chinese and Hong Kong stock exchanges. Overall, our findings suggest that short sellers play a disciplinary role in opportunistic insider selling.
Publisher:	American Accounting Association
Journal:	Accounting review
ISSN:	0001-4826
EISSN:	1558-7967
DOI:	10.2308/TAR-2018-0196
Rights:	This is the accepted version of the publication Wang, K., Wang, R., Wei, K. J., Zhang, B., & Zhou, Y. (2022). Insider sales under the threat of short sellers: New hypothesis and new tests. The Accounting Review, 97(2), 427-451. The final published version of record is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2018-0196
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