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Abstract

The paper aims to investigate the relationship between foreign ownership and firm performance in Vietnam. We use a data set including market and accounting variables of firms listed on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) for the period from 2007 to 2012. The results show a significant correlation between foreign ownership and firm performance. The regressions on each level of foreign ownership indicate that foreign ownership is found to be significantly and positively correlated with firm performance when foreigners own between 5% and 20% of shares in firms, while a negative correlation occurs where foreign holdings are more than 20%, specially and considerably negative where the level is more than 40%; and there is no significant relationship between the two variables where foreigners own less than 5% of shares.

Keywords

Foreign Ownership; Firm Performance.