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This study examines the valuation consequences of domestic and foreign divestments by comparing the stock price reaction to announcements of domestic plant closings and foreign plant closings. A domestic plant closing could indicate firm-wide problems and impending firm deterioration. A foreign plant may serve to exploit arbitrage opportunities specific to that plant location. Closing a foreign plant need not signify firm-wide problems. Our comparison of stated reasons for closings supports these propositions. Therefore, foreign plant closing announcements should produce a smaller stock price decline that domestic plant closing announcements. Empirical results indicate a significant negative stock price reaction for domestic plant closings and an insignificant negative stock price reaction for foreign plant closings. Differences in stock price reaction remain after controlling for firm-specific factors.
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*Dr. George Tsetsekos is Associate Professor of Finance at Drexel University and his current research interests are in the areas of international corporate restructuring and global capital raising.
**Professor Michael Gombola is Associate Professor of Finance at Drexel University and his research interests are in the areas of information content of cash flow and the estimation of time-varying betas.
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Tsetsekos, G., Gombola, M. Foreign and Domestic Divestments: Evidence on Valuation Effects of Plant Closings. J Int Bus Stud 23, 203–223 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490265
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490265