For US firms with extreme foreign exchange (FX) exposure levels, we ask whether the single-factor global capital asset pricing model (CAPM) yields significantly different cost of equity estimates from the local CAPM. For a sample of US firms from 2000 to 2007, we find a clear and statistically...

For U.S. firms with extreme foreign exchange (FX) exposure levels, we ask whether the single-factor global CAPM yields significantly different cost of equity estimates from the local CAPM. For a sample of U.S. firms from 2000-2007, we find a clear and statistically significant relation between...

For US firms with extreme foreign exchange (FX) exposure levels, we ask whether the single-factor global capital asset pricing model (CAPM) yields significantly different cost of equity estimates from the local CAPM. For a sample of US firms from 2000 to 2007, we find a clear and statistically...

Firms can become less innovative following a sudden “inflow” of cash. Specifically, multinational firms that were eligible to repatriate (and indeed repatriated) cash to the U.S. under the American Jobs Creation Act generate less valuable patents than otherwise similar firms. They also...

We propose and empirically examine cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) as an important dimension of firms' innovation strategies. Our empirical analyses, based on a sample of 85,591 M&A deals from 57 countries, show that innovative firms in low innovation countries are more likely to...