Foreign Ownership Restrictions and Market Segmentation in China's Stock Markets
We study market segmentation in China's stock markets, in which local firms issue two classes of shares: class A shares available only to Chinese citizens and class B shares available only to foreign citizens. Significant stock price discounts are documented for class B shares. We find that the price difference is primarily due to illiquid B-share markets. Relatively illiquid B-share stocks have a higher expected return and are priced lower to compensate investors for increased trading costs. However, between the two classes of shares, B-share prices tend to move more closely with market fundamentals than do A-share prices. Therefore, we find A-share premiums rather than B-share discounts in China's markets.
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2001
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Authors: | Chen, G M ; Lee, Bong-Soo ; Rui, Oliver |
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Journal of Financial Research. - Southern Finance Association - SFA, ISSN 0270-2592. - Vol. 24.2001, 1, p. 133-55
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Southern Finance Association - SFA Southwestern Finance Association - SWFA |
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