Foreign Equity Valuations of Emerging Market Firms: The Effects of Institutional Distance and Information Spillovers

Anish Purkayastha () and Igor Filatotchev ()
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Anish Purkayastha: The University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney
Igor Filatotchev: King’s Business School, King’s College London

Management International Review, 2023, vol. 63, issue 6, No 5, 1062 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the so far unexplored theoretical tension associated with foreign investor valuations of emerging market firms (EMFs) that tap into global capital markets. One line of argument expands the liability of foreignness perspective into the capital market domain where a foreign firm faces legitimacy and unfamiliarity issues. In contrast, there is recognition of the benefits to global investors in EMFs associated with geographic portfolio diversification. Our core premise is that EMFs face a cost–benefit trade-off associated with the extent of institutional distance when venturing abroad in search of financial resources. Based on a theoretical model grounded in institutional theory, we find a curvilinear effect of institutional distance on foreign equity valuations. Furthermore, we show that information spillovers through a focal firm’s domestic capital market and international product market strategies moderate this relationship.

Keywords: Foreign equity market; Institutional distance; Capital market liability of foreignness; Spillover; Emerging market firms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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