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Financial determinants of FDI

Forssbaeck, Jens LU and Oxelheim, Lars LU (2008)
Abstract
We argue that mainstream FDI theory underplays financial motivations for international investment, and suggest several possible channels for a distinct cost-of-capital effect on FDI. Using a sample of European firms’ cross-border acquisitions, and controlling for traditional firm-level determinants of FDI, we find strong evidence in favor of a cost-of-equity effect, whereas the effect of debt costs is indeterminate. We further find that financial determinants are more important for firms originating in

relatively less financially developed countries and for firms with high knowledge intensity.
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FDI, cross-border acquisitions, investment-q, cost of capital, crosslisting, segmentation
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IFN Working Paper series
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relatively less financially developed countries and for firms with high knowledge intensity.}},
  author       = {{Forssbaeck, Jens and Oxelheim, Lars}},
  keywords     = {{FDI; cross-border acquisitions; investment-q; cost of capital; crosslisting; segmentation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  publisher    = {{IFN Working Paper series}},
  title        = {{Financial determinants of FDI}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5637523/1522975.pdf}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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