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題名 The Information Content of R&D reductions
作者 湛可南
Chan, Konan;Lin, Yueh-hsiang;Wang, Yanzhi
貢獻者 財管系
關鍵詞 R&D reductions; Long-run performance; Firm life cycle; Overinvestment; Cost of capital
日期 2015-12
上傳時間 7-Jul-2016 16:03:15 (UTC+8)
摘要 An extensive literature shows that R&D intensities and increases are positively related to firm performance, but little research examines the valuation of R&D reductions. This paper fills the void by studying long-term performance following R&D reductions. We find that, contrary to conventional wisdom, large R&D cuts are associated with positive future stock returns. This return drift cannot be explained by asset pricing factors, including R&D intensities and R&D increases. We explore two potential economic motives behind R&D reductions: R&D spillover and firm life cycle. We show that operating performance deteriorates immediately before R&D reductions but exhibits no abnormal pattern afterward. While firm growth falls substantially and variability in profitability reduces, firms with low or declining investment opportunities and mature firms outperform. These findings are inconsistent with the spillover hypothesis, but support the life cycle story that firms attempt to resolve overinvestment in R&D that arises over the course of firm life cycle.
關聯 Journal of Empirical Finance, 34, 131-155
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.07.006
dc.contributor 財管系
dc.creator (作者) 湛可南zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Chan, Konan;Lin, Yueh-hsiang;Wang, Yanzhi
dc.date (日期) 2015-12
dc.date.accessioned 7-Jul-2016 16:03:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 7-Jul-2016 16:03:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 7-Jul-2016 16:03:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/98770-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) An extensive literature shows that R&D intensities and increases are positively related to firm performance, but little research examines the valuation of R&D reductions. This paper fills the void by studying long-term performance following R&D reductions. We find that, contrary to conventional wisdom, large R&D cuts are associated with positive future stock returns. This return drift cannot be explained by asset pricing factors, including R&D intensities and R&D increases. We explore two potential economic motives behind R&D reductions: R&D spillover and firm life cycle. We show that operating performance deteriorates immediately before R&D reductions but exhibits no abnormal pattern afterward. While firm growth falls substantially and variability in profitability reduces, firms with low or declining investment opportunities and mature firms outperform. These findings are inconsistent with the spillover hypothesis, but support the life cycle story that firms attempt to resolve overinvestment in R&D that arises over the course of firm life cycle.
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Empirical Finance, 34, 131-155
dc.subject (關鍵詞) R&D reductions; Long-run performance; Firm life cycle; Overinvestment; Cost of capital
dc.title (題名) The Information Content of R&D reductions
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.07.006
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.07.006