Crises, contagion and cross-listings

Nandini Chandar, Dilip K. Patro and Ari Yezegel

Journal of Banking & Finance, 2009, vol. 33, issue 9, pages 1709-1729

Abstract: We investigate whether cross-listing shares in the form of depositary receipts in overseas markets benefits investors in emerging market countries during periods of local financial crisis from 1994 to 2002. We regress cumulative abnormal returns for three windows surrounding the crisis events on the cross-listing status while controlling for cross-sectional differences in firm age, trading volume, foreign exposure, disclosure quality and corporate governance. Further, we examine cross-listing effects in countries popularly thought to experience contagious effects of these crises. We find that cross-listed firms react significantly less negatively than non-cross-listed firms, particularly in the aftermath of the crisis. The results on contagious cross-listing effects are however mixed. Our findings are consistent with predictions based on theories of market segmentation as well as differential disclosure/governance between developed and emerging markets. We do not find evidence that foreign investors "panic" during a currency crisis.

Keywords: Cross-listing; Currency; crisis; Contagion; Market; segmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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