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Strategic Disclosure and Stock Returns: Theory and Evidence from US Cross-Listing

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  • Shingo Goto
  • Masahiro Watanabe
  • Yan Xu

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When a firm exercises discretion to disclose or withhold information (strategic disclosure), risk-averse investors command higher expected returns when expected cash flows decrease, producing a negative correlation between these expectations. Moreover, stock returns exhibit stronger reversal than they do when full disclosure is enforced. We propose a model that makes these predictions and provide consistent evidence using a panel of foreign firms that list American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). We find significant shifts in the time-series properties of stock returns for firms that undergo large changes in disclosure environments, such as those cross-listing on the NYSE/AMEX/NASDAQ and those from less-developed/emerging markets and code-law countries. The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

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  • Shingo Goto & Masahiro Watanabe & Yan Xu, 2009. "Strategic Disclosure and Stock Returns: Theory and Evidence from US Cross-Listing," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 22(4), pages 1585-1620, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rfinst:v:22:y:2009:i:4:p:1585-1620
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