The paper explores whether the effects of cross-listing on analyst following and forecast error differ between firms with different accounting standards. The results reveal a higher increase in the number of analysts for cross-listed firms that follow their home country GAAPs prior...

The purpose of this paper is to compare foreign listings on regulated and unregulated exchanges, and civil and common-law companies to test the effects of cross-listing (CL) on the firm's number of analysts and the accuracy of their forecast. The empirical test employs both univariate and...

This paper explores whether the effects of cross-listing on analyst following and forecast error differ among firms with different accounting standards. The results reveal a higher increase in the number of analysts for cross-listed firms that follow their home country's GAAP prior to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare foreign listings on regulated and unregulated exchanges, and civil and common-law companies to test the effects of cross-listing (CL) on the firm's number of analysts and the accuracy of their forecast. Design/methodology/approach – The study...

Using a modified international asset-pricing model we find strong evidence that publicly quoted firms cross-list when exhibiting strong performance in their domestic market and wish to take advantage of this situation. After cross-listing, this advantage disappears. Our sample consists of daily...

This paper investigates the market reaction to banks' overseas listing, employing a sample of 68 foreign banks from 30 countries, which have cross-listed in the US between 1983 and 2006. We find that cross-listed banks experience market revaluation when they cross-list on the US market via ADR...

We study a sample of 6503 UK acquisitions completed between 1985 and 2004 and control for previous deals similarities. Returns for frequent acquirers decrease constantly but they remain positive through high-order deals. We do not detect an improving pattern of returns but, at best, a stable one...