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Can a stock exchange improve corporate behavior? Evidence from firms' migration to premium listings in Brazil

Carvalho, Antonio Gledson de; Pennacchi, George G. - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 18 (2012) 4, pp. 883-903

bonding to improved corporate behavior that can be less costly than cross-listing on a U.S. exchange. …

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How crosslisting affects merger and acquisition activity

Skouratova, Elena; Wald, John - In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 40 (2013) 2, pp. 319-339

Consistent with crosslisting decreasing the cost of capital, we find that firms which issue American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are much more likely to undertake an acquisition than non-crosslisted firms. The results do not appear to be driven by self-selection, as the increase in acquisitions...

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Cost of Capital for Exempt Foreign Private Issuers: Information Risk Effect or Earnings Quality Effect? It Depends

Gotti, Giorgio; Mastrolia, Stacy - In: The International Journal of Accounting 49 (2014) 2, pp. 190-220

We examine whether the information risk accompanying Foreign Private Issuers' (FPIs) exemptions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements is associated with capital market penalties (measured by a higher cost of equity capital) and, further, the extent to...

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In search of connection: The foster youth and caregiver relationship

Storer, Heather L.; Barkan, Susan E.; Stenhouse, Linnea L. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 42 (2014) C, pp. 110-117

Placement instability is an ongoing challenge for the 125,000 foster youth aged 14–18 that are living in foster care, with youth living in approximately 3 placements before aging out of the system. Despite the importance caring adult relationships can play in promoting positive youth...

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The front line of social capital creation – A natural experiment in symbolic interaction

Patulny, Roger; Siminski, Peter; Mendolia, Silvia - In: Social Science & Medicine 125 (2015) C, pp. 8-18

symbolically to the broader, civic society; (ii) a ‘supportive’ effect, bonding participants with each other; (iii) an exclusive …

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Life Satisfaction, Social Capital and the Bonding-Bridging Nexus

Pugno, Maurizio; Verme, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia e Giurisprudenzia, Facoltà di … - 2011

bonding and bridging as introduced by Putnam (2000). Using the latest version of the combined World and European Values … procedure, we find that proxies typically used for social capital tend to polarize around two dimensions interpreted as bonding … citizens and across groups of similar countries. The results indicate that people with extreme bonding or bridging behavior are …

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Alternative paths of convergence toward U.S. market and legal regulations: Cross-listing vs. merging with U.S. bidders

Georgieva, Dobrina; Jandik, Tomas - In: Journal of Multinational Financial Management 22 (2012) 5, pp. 230-251

benefit from bonding through compliance with U.S. exchange requirements are more likely to be acquired. Firms from civil law …

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Disclosure and cross-listing: evidence from Asia-Pacific firms

Eng, Li Li; Quianhua (Q) Ling - In: International Journal of Accounting and Information … 20 (2012), pp. 6-25

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether both country disclosure environment and firm-level disclosures are associated with cross-listing in the USA or London or otherwise. Design/methodology/approach – The authors test the association using a sample of Asia-Pacific firms...

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Aggregation kinetics and structure of cryoimmunoglobulins clusters

Spirito, M. De; Chiappini, R; Bassi, F. Andreasi; … - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 304 (2002) 1, pp. 211-219

Cryoimmunoglobulins are pathological antibodies characterized by a temperature-dependent reversible insolubility. Rheumatoid factors (RF) are immunoglobulins possessing anti-immunoglobulin activity and usually consist of an IgM antibody that recognizes IgG as antigen. These proteins are present...

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Corporate governance, agency problems and international cross-listings: A defense of the bonding hypothesis

Karolyi, G. Andrew - In: Emerging Markets Review 13 (2012) 4, pp. 516-547

agency conflicts, and how firms could overcome weaknesses in corporate governance by listing on, and thus “bonding” to …. Critics have challenged the viability of the bonding hypothesis, which I answer in this review. …

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