Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17799 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1244
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
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 countryspecific shocks by 1.5 percent. This link has grown stronger since the mid-1980s.
Subjects: 
Diversification ; risk ; international financial markets ; industrial structure
JEL: 
G15
G11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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