Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Pragmatism and Public Enterprise -- 2. The Roots of Accountability -- 3. The Supervisors -- 4. The Pilots -- 5. The Ultimate Guardian -- 6. Public Ownership and Accountability -- Notes -- Index

We show that investor recognition and bonding associated with a U.S. cross-listing are distinct effects using a sample of Canadian firms. In contrast to the post-listing decline documented in the literature, we find that cross-listed firms with a single class of shares enjoy a permanent increase...