Why are foreign firms listed in the U.S.
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Craig Doidge; G.Andrew Karolyi; René M Stulz
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Article
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2004
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Elsevier Science
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English
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At the end of 1997, foreign companies with shares cross-listed in the U.S. had Tobin's q ratios that were 16.5% higher than the q ratios of non-cross-listed firms from the same country. The valuation difference is statistically significant and reaches 37% for those companies that list on major U.S.