Does cross-listing signal quality

The literature on cross-listing generally conveys the impression that cross-listing is good news about a firm. This paper focuses on returns following cross-listing where evidence of positive results from cross-listing is mixed. considering 81 Australian firms, we find that cross-listed firms are...

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Main Authors: Durand, Robert, Gunawan, F., Tarca, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22032
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author Durand, Robert
Gunawan, F.
Tarca, A.
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Gunawan, F.
Tarca, A.
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description The literature on cross-listing generally conveys the impression that cross-listing is good news about a firm. This paper focuses on returns following cross-listing where evidence of positive results from cross-listing is mixed. considering 81 Australian firms, we find that cross-listed firms are less profitable with higher debt levels prior to cross-listing and that they achieve significant negative abnormal returns in the three years following cross-listing. This result holds even for firms seeking the benefits of “bonding” to US disclosure requirements by cross-listing in the more regulated US markets. Our study suggests cross-listing is not an unambiguous positive signal about a firm.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-220322017-02-28T01:36:15Z Does cross-listing signal quality Durand, Robert Gunawan, F. Tarca, A. cross-listing long-run abnormal returns The literature on cross-listing generally conveys the impression that cross-listing is good news about a firm. This paper focuses on returns following cross-listing where evidence of positive results from cross-listing is mixed. considering 81 Australian firms, we find that cross-listed firms are less profitable with higher debt levels prior to cross-listing and that they achieve significant negative abnormal returns in the three years following cross-listing. This result holds even for firms seeking the benefits of “bonding” to US disclosure requirements by cross-listing in the more regulated US markets. Our study suggests cross-listing is not an unambiguous positive signal about a firm. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22032 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle cross-listing
long-run abnormal returns
Durand, Robert
Gunawan, F.
Tarca, A.
Does cross-listing signal quality
title Does cross-listing signal quality
title_full Does cross-listing signal quality
title_fullStr Does cross-listing signal quality
title_full_unstemmed Does cross-listing signal quality
title_short Does cross-listing signal quality
title_sort does cross-listing signal quality
topic cross-listing
long-run abnormal returns
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22032