Do multinational banks create or destroy shareholder value? A cross‐country analysis

We question whether the international diversification of multinational banks creates or destroys shareholder value. Based on a sample of 384 listed banks from 56 countries we provide new and robust evidence that bank cross‐border activities create shareholder value, as shown by an economically and s...

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Published in:Financial markets, institutions & instruments institutions & instruments, 2017-12, Vol.26 (5), p.295-313
Main Authors: Gulamhussen, Mohamed Azzim, Pinheiro, Carlos Manuel, Pozzolo, Alberto Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banks
Causality
Developing countries
Diversification
F23
Foreign Direct Investment
G20
LDCs
Portfolio diversification
Stockholders
Tobin's q
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Summary:We question whether the international diversification of multinational banks creates or destroys shareholder value. Based on a sample of 384 listed banks from 56 countries we provide new and robust evidence that bank cross‐border activities create shareholder value, as shown by an economically and statistically significant premium for international diversification. Our results are confirmed controlling for bank fixed effects, time‐varying bank characteristics, reverse causality, functional diversification, and instrumenting for the choice to expand abroad. The increase in shareholder value is slightly larger for banks in the middle range of international diversification and in the case of expansion towards less developed countries.
ISSN:0963-8008
1468-0416
DOI:10.1111/fmii.12091