Where is the Market? Evidence from Cross-Listings in the United States

Posted: 26 Jun 2008

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Michael Halling

University of Luxembourg

Marco Pagano

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF); Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF); Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Otto Randl

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Josef Zechner

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Date Written: April 2008

Abstract

We analyze the location of stock trading for firms with a US cross-listing. The fraction of trading that occurs in the United States tends to be larger for companies from countries that are geographically close to the United States and feature low financial development and poor insider trading protection. For companies based in developed countries, trading volume in the United States is larger if the company is small, volatile, and technology-oriented, while this does not apply to emerging country firms. The domestic turnover rate increases in the cross-listing year and remains higher for firms based in developed markets, but not for emerging market firms. Domestic trading volume actually declines for companies from countries with poor enforcement of insider trading regulation.

Keywords: G15, G30

Suggested Citation

Halling, Michael and Pagano, Marco and Randl, Otto and Zechner, Josef, Where is the Market? Evidence from Cross-Listings in the United States (April 2008). Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 725-761, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1151589 or http://dx.doi.org/hhm066

Michael Halling (Contact Author)

University of Luxembourg ( email )

L-1511 Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Marco Pagano

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) ( email )

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Complesso Monte S. Angelo
Naples, Naples 80126
Italy

Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)

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Italy

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

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Stockholm, SE-102 15
Sweden

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Belgium

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Otto Randl

Vienna University of Economics and Business ( email )

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Vienna, Wien 1020
Austria

Josef Zechner

Vienna University of Economics and Business ( email )

Welthandelsplatz 1
Vienna, Wien A-1019
Austria

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