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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Vol. 56 No. 5 2021

Global Liquidity Provision and Risk Sharing

Feng Jiao1,2,3; Sergei Sarkissian1,2

1 University of Lethbridge · 2 McGill University · 3 University of Edinburgh

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Abstract

We examine liquidity-related characteristics of U.S. firms with cross-listed shares in 20 foreign markets in the 1950–2013 period. We find that firms after foreign-market listing exhibit lower liquidity sensitivity and lower liquidity beta and suffer less from transitory price shocks. These results are stronger when firms are listed on multiple exchanges and in larger and more liquid markets. The liquidity enhancement is associated with firms’ increased foreign ownership postlisting and is effective for firms with high levels of volatility, foreign income, and foreign trading and a high probability of informed trading. Our findings provide support for global markets providing liquidity and reducing liquidity risk to U.S. firms.

DOI
10.1017/s0022109020000502
Volume
56
Issue
5
Pages
1844-1876
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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