Countries have historically welcomed foreign capital and have implemented policies to facilitate and encourage its inflow. However, the recent surge of FDI from economies characterised by large state interventionism has raised concerns for national security and economic stability, leading to...

This paper provides evidence on how corporate multinationality from the perspective of acquiring firms relates to M&A returns. Using multivariate regressions and a large dataset of over 6,000 M&As (both cross-border and domestic) by UK firms during 1987 to 2014, the paper finds multinationality...

This study constructs a firm-level measure of large foreign ownership (LFO) and investigates its impact on stock return volatility in 31 emerging markets. We find a negative relationship between LFO and volatility, even after controlling for potential endogeneity and the impact of major domestic...