We analyze the effects of a recent financial reform that enables cross-market investment between Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. Using a vector error-correction model, we find that the reform announcement considerably narrows the equilibrium level of price disparity and strengthens the...

We examine if differences in short selling volumes and the information impounded by short sells can contribute to explaining pricing differences which exist between the A- and H-share markets in China. In particular, we argue and also find that informed short selling around earnings...

We develop a model to assess the quote dynamics of stocks listed in multiple markets. This model allows us to explain the price formation mechanism and the degree of information spillover. We show that this model can be transformed to assess the dynamics of the spreads, the efficient price, and...

Companies are cross-listed on multiple exchanges in different countries to take advantage of different market features. Due to difference in time zones, it is normally quite impossible to take advantage of instantaneous information spillover from market to market to generate abnormal return....

This paper examines the predictive power of average skewness, defined as the average of monthly skewness values across stocks, documented by Jondeau et al. (2019, JFE) for US market returns in an international setting. First, after confirming the validity of the US results for the sample period...

In spite of their widespread use in practice, accounting-based multiples are subject of few academic studies. This paper investigates market and transaction multiples' accuracy in corporate equity valuation by considering a sample of listed companies which are assumed to be private and evaluated...