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The valuation of R&D expenditures in Japan

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  • Pascal Nguyen
  • Sophie Nivoix
  • Mikiharu Noma

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The difficulty to measure the long‐term benefits of R&D expenditures and the distortions induced by R&D accounting suggest that R&D‐intensive firms could be undervalued. Using several methods commonly applied to detect the abnormal returns associated with mispricing, we find little evidence that the value of R&D investments has been underestimated in the Japanese stock market. Given that R&D accounting rules in Japan are similar to those in United States, the results appear to reject the hypothesis that accounting biases are the cause of the undervaluation of R&D investments observed in the United States.

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  • Pascal Nguyen & Sophie Nivoix & Mikiharu Noma, 2010. "The valuation of R&D expenditures in Japan," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 50(4), pages 899-920, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:acctfi:v:50:y:2010:i:4:p:899-920
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00345.x
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