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The Foreign Exchange Exposure of Japanese Multinational Corporations
Published: 12/17/2002 | DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.295575
Jia He, Lilian K. Ng
We find that about 25 percent of our sample of 171 Japanese multinationals' stock returns experienced economically significant positive exposure effects for the period January 1979 to December 1993. The extent to which a firm is exposed to exchange‐rate fluctuations can be explained by the level of its export ratio and by variables that are proxies for its hedging needs. Highly leveraged firms, or firms with low liquidity, tend to have smaller exposures. Foreign exposure is found to increase with firm size. We also find that keiretsu multinationals are more exposed to exchange‐rate risk than nonkeiretsu firms.
Stock Price Dynamics and Firm Size: An Empirical investigation
Published: 12/01/1992 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1992.tb04693.x
YIN‐WONG CHEUNG, LILIAN K. NG
We show that after controlling for the effects of bid‐ask spreads and trading volume the conditional future volatility of equity returns is negatively related to the level of stock price. This “leverage effect” is stronger for small, as compared to large, firms. We also document that while the essential characteristics of the relations between stock price dynamics and firm size are stable, the strengths of the relationships appear to change over time.