Abstract
We investigate the impact of short selling activity on price volatility in the corporate bond market. We find that bond short selling activity is positively related to volatility, trading activity, and the volume-volatility relation. During the Global Financial Crisis, when investors’ expectations tend to be more homogenous, the positive relation between short selling activity and price volatility breaks down. We further show that bond short selling is not a substitute for equity short selling and put option trading. Overall, our study highlights the importance of bond short selling as a platform to express investors’ differences of opinion.
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