Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the 2008 SEC short selling ban on financial firms and whether this ban negatively impacted private information provision in these short‐restricted equities. Design/methodology/approach – This paper employs the French and Roll Variance Ratio...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the 2008 SEC short selling ban on financial firms and whether this ban negatively impacted private information provision in these short-restricted equities. Design/methodology/approach – This paper employs the French and Roll Variance Ratio...