Journal
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 209-238Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/eufm.12141
Keywords
firm valuation; real options; volatility; R & D expenses; PCA
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Center of Excellence SAFE
- State of Hessen initiative for research LOEWE
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This paper studies the relationship between firm value and a firm's growth options. We find strong empirical evidence that Tobin's Q increases with firm-level volatility. The significance mainly comes from R&D firms, which have more growth options than non-R&D firms. By decomposing firm-level volatility into its systematic and unsystematic part, we document that only idiosyncratic volatility has a significant effect on valuation. Second, we analyze the relation of stock returns to realized contemporaneous idiosyncratic volatility and R&D expenses. Sorting on idiosyncratic volatility yields a significant negative relationship between portfolio alphas and contemporaneous idiosyncratic volatility for non-R&D portfolios.
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