期刊
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
卷 46, 期 8, 页码 1059-1074出版社
INFORMS
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.8.1059.12030
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direct investment in developing countries; firm value; firm-level environmental policy
Arguments can be made on both sides of the question of whether a stringent global corporate environmental standard represents a competitive asset or Liability for multinational enterprises (MNEs) investing in emerging and developing markets. Analyzing the global environmental standards of a sample of U.S.-based MNEs in relation to their stock market performance, we find that firms adopting a single stringent global environmental standard have much higher market values, as measured by Tobin's q, than firms defaulting to less stringent, or poorly enforced host country standards. Thus, developing countries that use lax environmental regulations to attract foreign direct investment may end up attracting poorer quality, and perhaps less competitive, firms. Our results also suggest that externalities are incorporated to a significant extent in firm valuation. We discuss plausible reasons for this observation.
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