Private benefits and cross-listings in the United States
By: Evangelos Benos, Michael S. Weisbach.
Contributors: Weisbach, Michael S.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10224; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10224.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Stockholders -- United States.; Executives -- Salaries, etc. -- United States.
Description: "In this paper, we review the literature on private benefits and cross-listings in the United States.  We first discuss the alternative approaches used to measure private benefits.  We survey recent evidence documenting cross-country differences in the levels of private benefits obtained by corporate managers, as well as the country-specific factors associated with high and low private benefits.  We then explain how, by cross-listing its stock in a market with high disclosure and regulatory standards such as the United States, a firm can commit to a relatively low level of private benefits in the future.  We discuss the circumstances under which managers would choose to cross-list their stocks in the United States, when such a cross-listing has important implications for managers' private benefits.  Finally, we survey recent empirical work that tests empirical implications of this bonding view of cross-listings.  Overall, this evidence provides a compelling case that the desire to protect shareholders' rights so as to facilitate access to equity markets is one of a number of reasons why firms choose to cross-list their stocks in the United States"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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