Effects of Culture on Firm Risk-Taking : A Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Analysis.
Roxana. Mihet
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (51 pages)
|
|---|---|
| Utgave | 1st ed.
|
| Opplysninger | Cover -- Table of Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Literature Review -- III. Data -- A. Measuring National Culture -- B. Limitations of Cultural Variables -- C. Measuring Firm Risk-Taking -- D. Measuring Industry Informational Opacity -- E. Control Variables -- IV. Hypotheses Development -- A. Direct Effects of Culture -- B. Indirect Effects of Culture -- V. Empirical Model -- VI. Results and Discussion -- A. Direct Effects of Culture -- B. Indirect Effects of Culture -- VII. Accentuating/ Moderating Factors -- VIII. Further Identification Test: Foreign vs. Domestic Firms -- IX. Concluding Remarks -- X. References -- Tables -- 1. Correlation Matrix of National Cultural Dimensions -- 2. Industry Informational Opacity -- 3. Correlation Matrix between National Culture and Governance Indicators -- 4. Correlation Matrix between National Culture and Protection Mechanisms -- 5. Correlation Matrix between National Culture and Industry Indicators -- 6. Effects of National Culture on Corporate Risk-Taking -- 7. Accentuating/Moderating Factors -- 8. Foreign Firms. Risk-Taking Behavior and Culture -- Appendix -- A. Measuring National Culture -- B: Measuring Industry Informational Opacity -- C. Regression Results -- D. Data Sources and Definitions -- E. Summary Statistics Tables.. - This paper investigates the effects of national culture on firm risk-taking, using a comprehensive dataset covering 50,000 firms in 400 industries in 51 countries. Risk-taking is found to be higher for domestic firms in countries with low uncertainty aversion, low tolerance for hierarchical relationships, and high individualism. Domestic firms in such countries tend to take substantially more risk in industries which are more informationally opaque (e.g. finance, mining, IT). Risk-taking by foreign firms is best explained by the cultural norms of their country of origin. These cultural norms do not proxy for legal constraints, insurance safety nets, or economic development.
|
| Emner | |
| Sjanger | |
| Dewey | |
| ISBN | 9781475543834
|
| ISBN(galt) |
