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Corporate financial determinants of foreign direct investment

Forssbaeck, Jens LU and Oxelheim, Lars LU (2011) In Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 51(3). p.269-282
Abstract
Financial market incompleteness and (partial) segmentation of financial markets internationally may endow some firms with a financial advantage which can be exploited through foreign direct investment. We argue that this advantage appears as a distinct cost-of-capital effect on FDI, and identify possible channels for such an effect. Using a sample of European firms’ cross-border acquisitions, and controlling for traditional firm-level determinants of FDI, we find strong support for a cost-of-equity effect, whereas the effect of debt costs is indeterminate. Moreover, financial FDI determinants are more important for firms with high knowledge intensity and for firms resident in relatively less financially developed countries.
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FDI, Cross-border acquisitions, Investment-q, Cost of capital, Cross-listing, Segmentation
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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
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51
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3
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269 - 282
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Elsevier
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1062-9769
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10.1016/j.qref.2011.05.002
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English
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance}},
  title        = {{Corporate financial determinants of foreign direct investment}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/j.qref.2011.05.002}},
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  year         = {{2011}},
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