Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Vol. 56 No. 8 2021
Misvaluation and Corporate Inventiveness
Abstract
We test how market overvaluation affects corporate innovation. Estimated stock overvaluation is strongly associated with measures of innovative inventiveness (novelty, originality, and scope), as well as research and development (R&D) and innovative output (patent and citation counts). Misvaluation affects R&D more via a nonequity channel than via equity issuance. The sensitivity of innovative inventiveness to misvaluation increases with share turnover and overvaluation. The frequency of exceptionally high innovative inputs/outputs increases with overvaluation. This evidence suggests that market overvaluation may generate social value by increasing innovative output and encouraging firms to engage in “moon shots.”
- DOI
- 10.1017/s0022109020000666
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2605-2633
- Language
- en
- Sources
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