Regulatory Cooperation and Foreign Portfolio Investment

30 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2018 Last revised: 6 Oct 2019

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Mark H. Lang

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mark G. Maffett

University of Miami - Department of Accounting

James D. Omartian

University of Michigan - Ross School of Business

Roger Silvers

University of Utah; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Date Written: September 30, 2019

Abstract

We investigate the effect of cross-border regulatory cooperation in the enforcement of securities laws on global-mutual-fund portfolio allocations. Our research design exploits a shock to the Securities and Exchange Commission's oversight of foreign firms cross-listed on a US stock exchange around the signing of the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU), a non-binding, information-sharing arrangement between global securities regulators. In signatory countries, foreign investment in US-cross-listed firms increases by $110 billion relative to non-cross-listed firms. The strongest effects are for investors facing greater information asymmetries, those from countries closely linked to the US, and non-US foreign investors, suggesting significant spillover effects from international regulatory cooperation.

Keywords: Securities regulation, Foreign portfolio investment, Regulatory bonding

JEL Classification: G11, G15, G18

Suggested Citation

Lang, Mark H. and Maffett, Mark G. and Omartian, James D. and Silvers, Roger, Regulatory Cooperation and Foreign Portfolio Investment (September 30, 2019). Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1385, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 18-38, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3217447 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3217447

Mark H. Lang

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( email )

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Mark G. Maffett

University of Miami - Department of Accounting ( email )

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James D. Omartian (Contact Author)

University of Michigan - Ross School of Business ( email )

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Roger Silvers

University of Utah ( email )

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) ( email )

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Belgium

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