We investigate possible reasons for voluntary delistings by U.S. firms from the Tokyo Stock Exchange from 1982 to 2005. We find that the small shareholder base, as measured by low turnover, for U.S. stocks in Japan helps to explain the voluntary foreign delistings. This finding is consistent,...

This study explores the impacts on small securities firms' performance of the multi-stage commission deregulation in Japan from 1994 to 1999. Different from previous findings, market volume does not rise while commission rates fall following each phase of the deregulation. Therefore, securities...

Existing theories predict lower trading volume, but ambiguous changes in price, bid-ask spread, and volatility for the underlying stocks following the advent of index derivatives. We further test these predictions around the introduction of the S&P 100 options in March 1983. Controlling for...

When stocks are added to (deleted from) an index, more (less) information should be generated and incorporated into their prices, leading to higher (lower) pricing efficiency and lower (higher) return predictability for them. We test this hypothesis for the first time using membership changes in...

This study investigates the shareholder wealth effects of voluntary foreign delistings for the first time using a sample of US firms delisted voluntarily from Japan. Using conventional event study methodology, no significant price changes are found following the delisting events, consistent with...