Why are foreign firms listed in the U.S. worth more?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-238

  Doidge, Craig ^a   Karolyi, G Andrew ^b   Stulz, René M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlling shareholders; Governance; International cross listings; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348197911     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00183-1     Document Type: Article

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