Equity Valuation Effects of Foreign Capital Expenditures: The Role of Property Rights

We examine common stock price reactions to offshore capital expenditures undertaken by U.S. multinational firms. Arguments based on optionality and expropriability lead to predicted price reactions conditioned on the degree of ambiguity in property rights enforcement in the host country. Our finding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Philip C. English II, William T. Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2003-03-01
Series:The International Journal of Banking and Finance
Online Access:https://www.e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/ijbf/article/view/8326