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Does Corporate Diversification Reduce Firm Risk? Evidence from Diversifying Acquisitions

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  • Randy I. Anderson

    (Department of Finance, University of Central Florida, BA 427F, Orlando, FL 32816, USA)

  • John D. Stowe

    (Department of Finance, Ohio University, Copeland 201A, Athens, OH 45701, USA)

  • Xuejing Xing

    (Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Alabama in Huntsville, BAB 315, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA)

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically whether corporate diversification reduces the risk of the diversifying firm. We investigate this issue using a sample of diversifying acquisitions and various risk measures. We find that corporate diversification tends to decrease the risk of some firms but increase the risk of many others. On average corporate diversification does not lower firm risk. These findings call into question the notion that corporate diversification strictly reduces firm risk.

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  • Randy I. Anderson & John D. Stowe & Xuejing Xing, 2011. "Does Corporate Diversification Reduce Firm Risk? Evidence from Diversifying Acquisitions," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(03), pages 485-504.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:rpbfmp:v:14:y:2011:i:03:n:s0219091511002214
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219091511002214
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    1. Craig H. Furfine & Richard J. Rosen, 2006. "Mergers and risk," Working Paper Series WP-06-09, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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    2. Jeffrey Harrison & Matthew Hart & Derek Oler, 2014. "Leverage and acquisition performance," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 571-603, October.
    3. Dimitris Andriosopoulos & Leonidas G. Barbopoulos, 2017. "Relative equity market valuation conditions and acquirers’ gains," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 49(3), pages 855-884, October.
    4. Hari P. Adhikari & Thanh T. Nguyen & Ninon K. Sutton, 2018. "The power of control: the acquisition decisions of newly public dual-class firms," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 51(1), pages 113-138, July.
    5. Yun Meng & Ninon K. Sutton, 2017. "Is the grass on the other side greener? Testing the cross-border effect for U.S. acquirers," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 48(4), pages 917-937, May.
    6. Soon-Beng Chew & Wei Quan Jeffrey Huang & Hui Ching Chia & Huang Chi Soh, 2016. "Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility of a Social Enterprise: An Empirical Analysis," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(03), pages 1-20, September.
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    8. Mark Holder & Aiwu Zhao, 2015. "Value exploration and materialization in diversification strategies," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 45(1), pages 175-213, July.
    9. Yasser Alhenawi & Martha L. Stilwell, 2019. "Toward a complete definition of relatedness in merger and acquisition transactions," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 53(2), pages 351-396, August.

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    Keywords

    Corporate diversification; systematic risk; firm-specific risk; total risk; acquisitions;
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    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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