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Alex Knorre, Ruslan Kuchakov and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy |
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''Stakeholder activism and foreign firm exit from Russia in 2022'' |
( 2024, Vol. 44 No.1 ) |
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We study foreign firm exit from Russia following the 2022 offensive in Ukraine. Using administrative data on the universe of equity ownership in Russia we find that Western-owned firms that exited Russia in 2022 accounted for 1.5%, 3.1%, and 3.6% of capital stock, revenues, and wage bill in 2021, respectively. Exiting firms comprised almost 1/4 of total Western firm output in Russia. In a triple difference design we show that stakeholder activism contributed to firm exit. Inclusion of a Western company on the Yale School of Management list of companies with exposure to Russia increased the probability of its exit by 12.7 p.p. (+106.7% in relation to pre-conflict exit rate) |
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Keywords: firm exit, divestment, Russia, Ukraine |
JEL: F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business: General F5 - International Relations and International Political Economy: General |
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Manuscript Received : Sep 13 2023 | | Manuscript Accepted : Mar 30 2024 |
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