Where is the Market? Evidence from Cross-Listings

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Michael Halling

University of Vienna - Department of Business Engineering

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

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Date Written: March 15, 2004

Abstract

We investigate the distribution of trading volume across different venues after a company lists abroad. In most cases, after an initial blip, foreign trading declines rapidly to extremely low levels. However, there is considerable cross-sectional variation in the persistence and magnitude of foreign trading. The ratio between foreign and domestic trading volume is higher for smaller, more export and high-tech oriented companies. It is also higher for companies that cross-list on markets with lower trading costs and better insider trading protection. Domestic trading increases around the cross-listing, and afterwards is negatively correlated with past foreign trading activity. This accords with the flow-back hypothesis that declining foreign trading is associated with the gravitational pull of the home market.

Keywords: trading volume, cross-listing, flow-back

JEL Classification: G15, G30

Suggested Citation

Halling, Michael and Pagano, Marco and Randl, Otto and Zechner, Josef, Where is the Market? Evidence from Cross-Listings (March 15, 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=556105 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.556105

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Josef Zechner

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