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Corporate Governance and International Investment: Evidence from Real Estate Holdings

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  • Nathan Mauck
  • S. McKay Price

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The foreign direct investment (FDI) literature documents that higher quality governance, at both the national level and the firm level, is associated with a greater likelihood to invest abroad and to take larger stakes when investing abroad. We examine a unique set of international real estate holdings and corporate governance data to evaluate the comparability of real estate investment to FDI more broadly. Our results at both the national and firm levels indicate that real estate transactions differ fundamentally from other types of FDI. Specifically, property nation corporate governance, real estate firm headquarter nation corporate governance, and firm governance are negatively associated with the propensity to invest across borders. Further, firm governance is negatively related to the stake acquired in foreign property investment. The firm-level results appear to be driven largely by non-U.S. firms. Overall, these results are counter to the more general FDI literature.

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  • Nathan Mauck & S. McKay Price, 2018. "Corporate Governance and International Investment: Evidence from Real Estate Holdings," Journal of Real Estate Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 475-522, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjerxx:v:40:y:2018:i:4:p:475-522
    DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2018.12091510
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