Individualism and stock price crash risk

Zhe An, Zhian Chen, Donghui Li, Lu Xing

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Abstract

Employing a sample of 26,473 firms across 42 countries from 1990 to 2013, we find that firms located in countries with higher individualism have higher stock price crash risk. Furthermore, individualism can be transmitted by foreign investors from overseas markets to influence local firms’ crash risk, and can exacerbate the impact of firm risk taking and earnings management on crash risk. Moreover, the positive relation between individualism and crash risk is amplified during the global financial crisis and attenuated by enhanced country-level financial information transparency and the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1208-1236
Number of pages29
JournalJournal of International Business Studies
Volume49
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • cross-country study
  • individualism
  • national culture
  • stock price crash risk

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Business and International Management
  • Business, Management and Accounting(all)
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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