By documenting the evolution of Tobin's q before, during, and after firms internationalize, the authors provide evidence on the bonding, segmentation, and market timing theories of internationalization. Using new data on 9,096 firms across 74 countries over the period 1989-2000, they find that Tobin's q does not rise after internationalization, even relative to firms that do not internationalize. Instead, q rises significantly before internationalization...
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2006/06/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS3933
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Internationalization and the evolution of corporate valuation
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book value of debt