A Breakdown of the Valuation Effects of International Cross-Listing

A Breakdown of the Valuation Effects of International Cross-Listing

Arturo Bris, Salvatore Cantale, George Nishiotis

Series number :

Serial Number: 
106/2005

Date posted :

December 01 2005

Last revised :

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Keywords

  • Corporate governance • 
  • Finance • 
  • international finance • 
  • Mergers

It is well known that cross-listing domestic stocks in foreign exchanges has significant valuation effects on the listed company's shares. Using a sample of firms with dual shares, we explore the differential effects of cross-listing on prices and we are able to separate the different sources of the benefits of cross-listing.

Our results show that even though the market segmentation and bonding effects are both statistically significant, the economic significance of segmentation is more than double that of bonding. Furthermore, we document an economically and statistically significant increasse in the liquidity of both share classes after the listing. Overall, our results explain why less and less firms are willing to list in the U.S.: Sarbanes Oxley has increased the cost of adopting better governance while its benefits are not substantial; and market segmentation has decreased significantly in the last years.

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Authors

Real name:
Salvatore Cantale
Real name:
George Nishiotis