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Mexican Corporations Entering And Leaving U.S. Markets: An Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002?, Eugenio J. Cárdenas
Mexican Corporations Entering And Leaving U.S. Markets: An Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002?, Eugenio J. Cárdenas
Eugenio J. Cárdenas
What has led to the dramatic decline of cross-listing in U.S. markets since 2002? A significant number of foreign issuers have delisted their American Depositary Receipts from the New York Stock Exchange, accompanied by an impressive plunge in the level of additions, among other shocking facts. It is notable that this trend followed the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, considered to be an excessive and rushed political response by Congress to the 2001 Enron and Worldcom scandals, aimed at restoring confidence.
Taking into account that in the company delisting tendency, the Mexican case was the most pronounced, yielding …