R&D and Tobin's q in an emerging financial market: the case of the Athens Stock Exchange
✍ Scribed by Efstathios G. Parcharidis; Nikos C. Varsakelis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0143-6570
- DOI
- 10.1002/mde.1493
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This paper aims at providing further evidence on the consequences of R&D investment on Tobin's q for firms publicly traded in an emerging financial market. Panel data methodology is applied using data for the manufacturing and computer firms listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, a market classified as emerging by the major securities analysts, for the period 1996–2004. The empirical findings show first, that the Greek firms' R&D investment effect on the market value of a firm is consistent with other US and European studies. Second, the impact of the R&D investment on the market value is higher for small firms. The findings of this paper may have significant industrial and technological policy implications for other emerging markets sharing similar characteristics to Greece. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.