We offer a new anchoring explanation for the ex-day abnormal returns of stock distributions including stock dividend distributions, splits, and reverse splits. We propose that investors tend to anchor on cum-day prices in valuating ex-distribution stocks, resulting in a positive association...

We propose that when a firm cross-lists in segmented markets, in pricing the second issued share, the first issued share price as a reference plays both an informational and anchoring role. We develop a model illustrating the dual-role and relating the anchoring bias to the IPO underpricing of...

We measure individual stocks' misvaluation based on their firm-specific deviations from predicted intrinsic values. The misvaluation measure exhibits association with stocks' valuation uncertainty and arbitrage difficulty, and has significant power to forecast stock returns incremental to size,...

China launched a pilot scheme in March 2010 to lift the ban on short-selling and margin-trading for stocks on a designated list. We find that stocks experience negative returns when added to the list. After the ban is lifted, price efficiency increases while stock return volatility decreases....

We explore the governance effect of short-selling threat on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). We use equity lending supply (LS) to proxy for the threat, as short sellers' incentives to scrutinize a firm depend on the availability of borrowing shares. Our results show that acquirers with higher LS...