Has New York become less competitive than London in global markets? Evaluating foreign listing choices over time

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-277

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

International cross listings; Sarbanes Oxley Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549094053     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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