| This study makes an important contribution to the economic and finance literature on value analysis of foreign firms cross-listing in the United States. Doidge, Karolyi and Stulz (2003) show that, at the end of 1997, foreign firms with shares cross-listed in U.S. financial markets had Tobin's q ratios significantly higher than those of firms from the same country that were not listed in the United States. I consider in a detailed value analysis the three main levels of American Depositary Receipt (ADR) listings and analyze the impact of upgrading the listing level on firms' values. I extend the work of Doidge, Karolyi and Stulz (2003) to control for listing levels as well as additional country and firm characteristics. I find significant evidence that cross-listing firms experience (i) an average increase in value of 26 percent when they upgrade their listing level from level I to level II, and (ii) an average increase in value of 38 percent when they upgrade their listing level from level II and level III. |
