Listing switches from NASDAQ to the NYSE or AMEX: Is new stock issuance a motive?
Abstract
We investigate whether firms that switch their listing from NASDAQ to either the NYSE or AMEX earn excess returns and increase shares outstanding.We find statistically positive cumulative excess returns around the switch day, but the cumulative excess returns turn negative two weeks after the switch and remain negative through the end of the study period at day +40. The number of sample firms that increase their shares outstanding at the time of the switch is not significantly larger than for a control group. We also find no evidence of significantly higher excess returns gained by firms that issue securities than for firms that do not issue securities. Hence, we conclude that our results do not support the view that firms increase their shares outstanding to take advantage of increased share value at the time of the switch.
Publication Title
Advances In Quantitative Analysis Of Finance And Accounting - New Series (Vol. 2)
Recommended Citation
Ascioglu, A., & McInish, T. (2005). Listing switches from NASDAQ to the NYSE or AMEX: Is new stock issuance a motive?. Advances In Quantitative Analysis Of Finance And Accounting - New Series (Vol. 2), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812701213_0010
