Table 1.

Distribution of average relative short selling

RangeNo. of stock–day obs.(%)
Panel A: Stock–day observations
relss = 0%1,412,399 53.79
0% < relss ≤ 10%1,075,376 40.96
0% < relss ≤ 1%493,377 18.79
1% < relss ≤ 2%167,446 6.38
2% < relss ≤ 3%108,737 4.14
3% < relss ≤ 4%78,692 3.00
4% < relss ≤ 5%60,655 2.31
5% < relss ≤ 6%47,723 1.82
6% < relss ≤ 7%38,495 1.47
7% < relss ≤ 8%31,424 1.20
8% < relss ≤ 9%26,384 1.00
9% < relss ≤ 10%22,443 0.85
10% < relss ≤ 20%104,281 3.97
20% < relss ≤ 30%25,474 0.97
relss > 30%8,169 0.31
Total3,701,075 100.00
Panel B: Stock observations
RangeNo. of stocks (%)
relss = 0%29 3.22
0% < relss ≤ 1%428 47.56
1% < relss ≤ 2%143 15.89
2% < relss ≤ 3%89 9.89
3% < relss ≤ 4%66 7.33
4% < relss ≤ 5%41 4.56
relss > 5%104 11.56
Total900 100.00
Panel C: Portion of non-zero short selling
RangeNon-zero relss ratioNo. of stocks(%)
relss = 0%0.00293.22
0% < relss ≤ 10%4.99849.33
10% < relss ≤ 20%15.09829.11
20% < relss ≤ 30%25.799110.11
30% < relss ≤ 40%35.0610411.56
40% < relss ≤ 50%44.1910711.89
50% < relss ≤ 60%55.06788.67
60% < relss ≤ 70%65.48849.33
70% < relss ≤ 80%75.01677.44
80% < relss ≤ 90%84.59829.11
relss > 90%95.689210.22
Total 900100.00

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