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| Title | Financial determinants of FDI |
| Author/s | Jens Forssbaeck, Lars Oxelheim |
| Department/s |
Institute of Economic Research
Department of Business Administration |
| Full-text | Available as PDF |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| Document type | Working paper |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IFN Working Paper, No 741 |
| Status | unpublished |
| Abstract English |
We argue that mainstream FDI theory underplays financial motivations for international investment, and suggest several possible channels for a distinct cost-of-capital effect on FDI. Using a sample of European firms’ cross-border acquisitions, and controlling for traditional firm-level determinants of FDI, we find strong evidence in favor of a cost-of-equity effect, whereas the effect of debt costs is indeterminate. We further find that financial determinants are more important for firms originating in relatively less financially developed countries and for firms with high knowledge intensity. |
| Subject |
Business and Economics |
| Keywords | cross-border acquisitions, FDI, investment-q, cost of capital, crosslisting, segmentation |
