Does International Cross-Listing Improve the Information Environment?

Posted: 24 Jul 2007

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Nuno Fernandes

University of Navarra, IESE Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Miguel A. Ferreira

Nova School of Business and Economics; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Abstract

We investigate whether cross-listing in the U.S. affects the information environment for non-U.S. stocks. Our findings suggest cross-listing has an asymmetric impact on stock price informativeness around the world, as measured by firm-specific stock return variation. Cross-listing improves price informativeness for developed market firms. For firms in emerging markets, however, cross-listing decreases price informativeness. We also find that price informativeness increases the most for firms in countries with the greatest investor protection. The added analyst coverage associated with cross-listing likely explains the findings in emerging markets, rather than changes in liquidity, ownership, or accounting quality. Our results indicate that the added analyst coverage fosters the production of marketwide information, rather than firm-specific information.

Keywords: Cross-listing, Firm-specific stock return variation, Emerging markets, Analyst coverage

JEL Classification: F3, G1, O4

Suggested Citation

Fernandes, Nuno and Ferreira, Miguel Almeida, Does International Cross-Listing Improve the Information Environment?. Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1002539

Nuno Fernandes

University of Navarra, IESE Business School ( email )

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) ( email )

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Miguel Almeida Ferreira (Contact Author)

Nova School of Business and Economics ( email )

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Portugal

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) ( email )

c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium
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1000 Brussels
Belgium

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

London
United Kingdom

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