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The impact of US GAAP reconciliation requirements on choice of foreign stock exchange for firms from common law and code law countries

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  • Robert Durand
  • Ann Tarca

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The aim of this study is to investigate whether the impact of the SEC's Form 20-F reconciliation requirements on non-US firms' choices of foreign stock exchanges was different for firms from common law and code law countries, that is, for firms with different accounting, legal and financial systems. We examined attributes of 253 cross-listed firms from the UK, Australia, France, Germany and Japan in the 1999 financial year. We found the ability to raise further capital in the home market was relevant for firms from both groups. In addition, firms from code law countries listing on the NYSE or NASDAQ were more likely to have greater foreign revenue and lower leverage. We expected differences in accounting requirements to be a greater barrier to listing on the NYSE or NASDAQ for code law firms. However, we found firms from code law countries were more likely to select a Form 20-F exchange than firms from common law countries, providing support for suggestions that a NYSE/NASDAQ cross-listing has a bonding role for code law firms.

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  • Robert Durand & Ann Tarca, 2005. "The impact of US GAAP reconciliation requirements on choice of foreign stock exchange for firms from common law and code law countries," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(4), pages 789-813.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:euract:v:14:y:2005:i:4:p:789-813
    DOI: 10.1080/09638180500108536
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    1. Timothy Fogarty & Garen Markarian & Antonio Parbonetti, 2006. "It's a Small World After All: The Convergence of Disclosure Practices Across Legal Regimes over Time," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0014, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".
    2. Chugh, Shrutika & Fargher, Neil & Wright, Sue, 2014. "Cross-listing as a Global Depository Receipt: The influence of emerging markets, regulation, and accounting regime," Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 10(3), pages 262-276.
    3. Oksana Kim & Matt Pinnuck, 2014. "Competition among exchanges through simplified disclosure requirements: evidence from the American and Global Depositary Receipts," Accounting and Business Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(1), pages 1-40, February.
    4. Inga Chira, 2014. "The impact of governance characteristics on the stock price of cross listed companies," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 38(1), pages 53-70, January.

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