{"title":"The diverse effects of currency crises on multinational and local firms: The use of foreign currency debt","authors":"Jing Jin , Rose C. Liao , Gilberto Loureiro","doi":"10.1016/j.mulfin.2021.100706","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Using a large sample of 1017 multinational parents with 13,758 affiliates and 3588 local firms in 26 countries, we examine the impact of currency crises on multinational firms and local firms between 2006 and 2014. We find that multinational affiliates use their </span>internal capital markets to capitalize on the benefits of large currency depreciations and increase sales and investment significantly more than local firms. We trace this differential response to the use of foreign currency debt. We find that local firms without foreign currency debt are less affected by currency depreciations. In addition, multinational affiliates whose parent firms are also affected by a currency crisis in their home country experience a larger decrease in sales and investment. Our results are not driven by the global financial crisis years.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47268,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Multinational Financial Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.mulfin.2021.100706","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Multinational Financial Management","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1042444X2100030X","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Using a large sample of 1017 multinational parents with 13,758 affiliates and 3588 local firms in 26 countries, we examine the impact of currency crises on multinational firms and local firms between 2006 and 2014. We find that multinational affiliates use their internal capital markets to capitalize on the benefits of large currency depreciations and increase sales and investment significantly more than local firms. We trace this differential response to the use of foreign currency debt. We find that local firms without foreign currency debt are less affected by currency depreciations. In addition, multinational affiliates whose parent firms are also affected by a currency crisis in their home country experience a larger decrease in sales and investment. Our results are not driven by the global financial crisis years.
期刊介绍:
International trade, financing and investments have grown at an extremely rapid pace in recent years, and the operations of corporations have become increasingly multinationalized. Corporate executives buying and selling goods and services, and making financing and investment decisions across national boundaries, have developed policies and procedures for managing cash flows denominated in foreign currencies. These policies and procedures, and the related managerial actions of executives, change as new relevant information becomes available. The purpose of the Journal of Multinational Financial Management is to publish rigorous, original articles dealing with the management of the multinational enterprise. Theoretical, conceptual, and empirical papers providing meaningful insights into the subject areas will be considered. The following topic areas, although not exhaustive, are representative of the coverage in this Journal. • Foreign exchange risk management • International capital budgeting • Forecasting exchange rates • Foreign direct investment • Hedging strategies • Cost of capital • Managing transaction exposure • Political risk assessment • International working capital management • International financial planning • International tax management • International diversification • Transfer pricing strategies • International liability management • International mergers.