This paper connects three subjects related to international financial markets -- (i) information asymmetry, (ii) market segmentation, and (iii) cross-listings -- and highlights their implication for event study methodology. When firms list equities on more than one exchange, and the exchanges...

In an event study where at least some of the sample firms have their equity securities listed in more than one market, the question arises as to which is the most appropriate market (or markets) to use for the purpose of estimating mean abnormal returns. When arbitrage activity across these...

This paper connects three subjects related to international financial markets – (i) information asymmetry, (ii) market segmentation, and (iii) cross-listings – and highlights their implication for event study methodology. When firms list equities on more than one exchange, and the exchanges...