Direct listing (DL) decouples capital raising from going public and bypasses underwriters. Theory and evidence from U.S. and U.K. markets show that (1) DL and IPO markets attract different types of firms. DL innovation caters to later-stage firms’ demand for public trading. (2) When adverse...

American depositary receipts (ADRs) are negotiable instruments representing foreign company shares traded in US dollars in the US capital market. We present comparative analyses of the pricing and aftermarket performance of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) by ADRs and a matching sample of US...

Recent crises have focused interest on methods to improve the functioning of financial markets. In this context it would be prudent to evaluate the effects of previous changes. Previous research on decimalization of tick size, a significant microstructure change, mostly examines its effects on...

This paper reconsiders the process of price discovery in spot and futures markets. In our study, we examine the contribution of two derivative products of the German blue chip index DAX: Exchange traded funds and index futures. In order to eliminate noise caused by differences in the...