Post-Listing Underperformance: Is it Really Bad to Move Trading Locations?

43 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2004

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Yingmei Cheng

Florida State University - College of Business

Abstract

We reexamine the post-listing puzzle by studying the stock performance of 2,103 firms that moved from NASDAQ to NYSE or AMEX, or from AMEX to NYSE during 1973-1999. The matched four-factor regressions demonstrate that the listing firms do not underperform. Size-and-book-to-market matched factor regression finds that the "post-listing drift" is confined to the small set of firms moving from NASDAQ to AMEX during 1981-1990, within size deciles 3-6 and book-to-market quintiles 1-3. A further control of the industry effect is able to resolve the remaining abnormal returns. Our results are consistent with the pseudo market timing hypothesis in Schultz (2003).

Keywords: Post-listing puzzle, market timing hypothesis

JEL Classification: G14, G30

Suggested Citation

Cheng, Yingmei, Post-Listing Underperformance: Is it Really Bad to Move Trading Locations?. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=621066

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