Financial determinants of outward foreign direct investment: evidence from India

Mariam Jamaleh and Abha Shukla

Global Business and Economics Review, 2025, vol. 32, issue 3, 282-297

Abstract: This study tests the impact of firm-level financial factors on the real internationalisation of emerging multinationals. We postulate that market timing strategies which exploit temporarily available low cost capital, along with financial internationalisation strategies employed to overcome the underdeveloped institutional environment in emerging markets, play a positive role in facilitating FDI by emerging multinationals. We apply Pooled Tobit estimates on data of outward FDI by Indian multinationals during the period 2008-2019. The empirical evidence does not support a mispricing effect on outward FDI by Indian multinationals. However, attempts to achieve financial internationalisation through foreign independent directors and foreign institutional investors are proven to facilitate their real internationalisation. Both findings resonate with observations from the analysis that indicates heavy dependence on international capital markets as a source of funding for Indian outward FDI.

Keywords: emerging multinationals; market timing; financial internationalisation; real internationalisation; India. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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