Diversification discount over the long run: New perspectives

Mieszko Mazur and Shage Zhang

Finance Research Letters, 2015, vol. 15, issue C, 93-98

Abstract: We study the long-term trend of excess value and internal capital allocation of diversified firms from 1976 to 2013. The late 1970s and 1980s are characterized by large average diversification discount but narrow dispersion of excess value. Excess value of diversified firms becomes less negative on average after 1990, but its dispersion grows larger. In contrast, capital allocation efficiency of diversified firms converges significantly over time. Three quarters of diversified firms do not suffer from severe capital misallocation after the early 2000s. The effect of capital allocation efficiency on excess value varies over time and becomes larger in recent years.

Keywords: Diversification discount; Internal capital market; Capital allocation efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G30 G31 G32 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2015.08.008

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