Journal of Corporate Finance Vol. 74 2022
Internal capital markets and predictability in complex ownership firms
Abstract
Using global cross-firm ownership data, we find that both stock returns and cash-flow news of ownership-linked firms predict focal firm's returns for all types of ownership structures: subsidiary−parent, parent−subsidiary, subsidiary−subsidiary, and parent−parent. This effect, observed only after the establishment of cross-firm ownership, is not subsumed by focal firm or industry momentum, or alternative inter-firm relations, including customer−supplier links and shared analyst coverage. Our findings are explained by mispricing due to internal capital markets – a mechanism unique to complex ownership firms. Higher internal capital market activity among ownership-linked firms also induces larger investments and lower external financing of the focal firm.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102219
- Volume
- 74
- Pages
- 102219
- Language
- en
- Sources
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