An Unexpected Test of the Bonding Hypothesis

Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 50-2011

Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Forthcoming

68 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2011 Last revised: 16 Nov 2017

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Louis Gagnon

Queen's University - Smith School of Business

George Andrew Karolyi

Cornell University - SC Johnson College of Business

Date Written: October 20, 2017

Abstract

In its June 2010 Morrison v. National Australia Bank ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court unexpectedly decided that key fraud-related provisions of U.S. securities laws would only apply to transactions in foreign securities that take place on U.S. exchanges. We document a statistically significant and economically large increase in the price of U.S. cross-listed foreign stocks relative to their currency-adjusted equivalent home-market shares around the decision, which we associate with the newly differentiated legal status accorded U.S. cross-listed shares by Morrison. We interpret the market’s reaction to the decision as affirming that investors, both foreign and domestic, value how U.S. securities laws apply, an important element of the “bonding” hypothesis as a motive for international cross-listings.

Keywords: Multi-market trading, Cross-listed stocks, Regulatory change

JEL Classification: F30, G32, G15

Suggested Citation

Gagnon, Louis Joseph and Karolyi, George Andrew, An Unexpected Test of the Bonding Hypothesis (October 20, 2017). Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 50-2011, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1961178 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1961178

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