Electronic disclosure systems are designed to reduce information frictions in cross-border capital markets, yet improved access does not necessarily translate into more informed investment behavior. We develop a two-barrier framework in which information accessibility and information utilization are distinct components of acquisition cost, each addressed by a different type of intervention. We test this framework using two sequential changes in Korea's OpenDART system: an August 2021 expansion of API-accessible disclosure data and a July 2023 expansion of English-language functionality. Foreign investors' trade quality, measured by the predictive relationship between abnormal net buying and subsequent cumulative abnormal returns, improves after the processing-side intervention but not the access-side intervention. The Stage 2 effect is foreign-specific: foreign net buying becomes more positively associated with future returns, whereas domestic individuals show the opposite pattern. These findings indicate that disclosure-system effectiveness depends on the match between intervention type and the binding user constraint.
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Abstract Introduction Two-Barrier Framework Research Setting and Hypotheses The Korean Stock Market and OpenDART Hypotheses Empirical Strategy Data and Variables Results Decoupling at Stage 1 and Recoupling at Stage 2 Cross-Investor Asymmetry Discussion Reference