We analyze the long-run performance of the population of Canadian firms that cross-list in the US between 1990 and 2005, paying particular attention to cross-delisting companies. We ask why, since numerous firms cross-list to get the advantages associated with cross-listing, these firms'...

Even if the competitiveness of the Canadian securities market is a central argument in the ongoing debate related to the proposal of a single securities commission, the exact level and the evolution of this market are largely undocumented. The numerous changes that modified the structure of the...

The predictive power for country selection of expected returns estimated through the residual income model is examined through analysis of 19 developed-country indices for 1988-2005. Zero-investment strategies based on a ranking or optimization methodology expected returns and conditional...

Strategies that entailed country selection based on relative strength (momentum) posted significant market risk-adjusted returns over the past 30 years, but relative-value strategies based on book value of equity to market value of equity did not. Because these two fixed-style strategies are...

This paper examines open market stock repurchases in France. We find an average positive market reaction on the announcement. However, the magnitude of price reaction is found to be dependent on a number of measures of corporate governance structure. The positive aspects of the announcement...

This paper examines open market stock repurchases in France. We find a positive average market reaction to the repurchase announcement. However, the magnitude of the price reaction is found to depend on a number of corporate governance structure measures. The positive aspects of the announcement...