Did China's anti-corruption campaign affect the risk premium on stocks of global luxury goods firms?
Résumé
Media reports suggest that the recent Chinese anti-corruption campaign adversely influenced business prospects of globally operating luxury goods firms. This paper empirically tests this hypothesis. This paper finds that risk-adjusted returns on stock portfolios consisting of luxury goods firms with high exposure to China shifted persistently downward around the launch of the anti-corruption campaign. Risk-adjusted returns tend to co-vary with the intensity of the campaign. The evidence suggests that the Chinese anti-corruption campaign constituted negative cash-flow news about the affected global luxury goods firms. These findings neither pertain to luxury goods firms with low exposure to China nor to firms from other industries.
- Issue:
- 09
- Pages:
- 58
- JEL classification:
- F68, G15, G18
- Keywords:
- Asset pricing, financial markets, political risk
- Year:
- 2018