U.S. International Equity Investment / John Ammer, Sara B. Holland, David C. Smith, Francis E. Warnock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ammer, John.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Holland, Sara B.

Smith, David C.

Warnock, Francis E.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17839.

NBER working paper series no. w17839

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2012.

Summary:

U.S. investors are the largest group of international equity investors in the world, but to date conclusive evidence on which types of foreign firms are able to attract U.S. investment is not available. Using a comprehensive dataset of all U.S. investment in foreign equities, we find that the single most important determinant of the amount of U.S. investment a foreign firm receives is whether the firm cross-lists on a U.S. exchange. Correcting for selection biases, cross-listing leads to a doubling (or more) in U.S. investment, an impact greater than all other factors combined. We also show that our firm-level analysis has implications for country-level studies, suggesting that research investigating equity investment patterns at the country-level should include cross-listing as an endogenous control variable. We describe easy-to-implement methods for including the importance of cross-listing at the country level.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2012.