Does One Size Fit All? The Consequences of Switching Markets with Different Regulatory Standards

52 Pages Posted: 21 Mar 2007 Last revised: 16 Mar 2009

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Tim Jenkinson

University of Oxford - Said Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Tarun Ramadorai

Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Date Written: July 2008

Abstract

As the regulation of public companies has progressively tightened in recent years, many companies have chosen to switch to stock exchanges with lower regulatory requirements. We analyse the consequences of switching for smaller quoted companies, using the unusual regulatory environment in London, which has two markets with different regulatory regimes but the same trading technology. Firms that switch to lighter regulation experience negative announcement returns of approximately 5%. However the initial price reactions are reversed after the actual switch - these firms experience a longer-term upward drift in stock returns, which we relate to improved operating performance.

Keywords: stock markets, listing, regulation, switching

JEL Classification: G14, G30

Suggested Citation

Jenkinson, Tim and Ramadorai, Tarun, Does One Size Fit All? The Consequences of Switching Markets with Different Regulatory Standards (July 2008). AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 212/2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=971699 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.971699

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