Global engagement and returns volatility

Girma, Sourafel, Lancheros, Sandra and Riaño, Alejandro (2016) Global engagement and returns volatility. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 78 (6). pp. 814-833. ISSN 1468-0084

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Abstract

This paper finds that a greater reliance on foreign market sales increases the volatility of firms’ stock returns using high-frequency data for publicly-listed Japanese manufacturing firms over the period 2000 to 2010. The two margins of global engagement we consider, namely, exports and sales via foreign affiliates (horizontal FDI), have both a positive and economically significant effect on firm-level volatility. We find, however, that increasing the intensity of sales through foreign affiliates has a stronger effect on volatility than a similar change in export intensity. We also uncover evidence consistent with the notion that firms’ need to use external finance to cover the substantial costs involved in reaching foreign consumers can be an important channel through which firms’ participation in international markets increases their exposure to economic uncertainty.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/801904
Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Girma, S., Lancheros, S. and Riaño, A. (2016), Global Engagement and Returns Volatility. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obes.12150. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Keywords: Volatility, Stock Returns, Exports, FDI, External Finance Dependence, Japan.
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12150
Depositing User: Riano, Alejandro
Date Deposited: 16 Jun 2016 14:39
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:03
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34104

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