Published in:IMF Working Paper, Vol. , pp. 1-31, 2003
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1 Online-Ressource (31 p)
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Not determined
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.879130
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 2003 erstellt
Description:
We explore the link between international stock market comovement and the degree to which firms operate globally. Using stock returns and balance sheet data for companies in 20 countries, we estimate a factor model that decomposes stock returns into global, country-specific and industry-specific shocks. We find a large and highly significant link: on average, a firm raising its international sales by 10 percent raises the exposure of its stock return to global shocks by 2 percent and reduces its exposure to country-specific shocks by 1.5 percent. This link has grown stronger since the mid-1980s