Purpose: This paper examines whether short sellers aggravate volatility in the Australian stock market by using five different realized volatility (RV) measures during a more stable period. Design/methodology/approach: The authors develop a measure to capture the abnormal level of short selling...

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to use a new broad board effectiveness index, which has been created from several internal attributes of board of directors and to investigate the association of the overall index regarding stock price crash risk. Design/methodology/approach: The...