Financial Markets and Marketing The Tradeoff between R&D and Advertising During an Economic Downturn
Document Type
Article
Article Version
Pre-print
Publication Date
11-1-2010
Abstract
This article examines the association between stock returns and earnings changes of firms that have made different tradeoffs with respect to R&D and advertising spending during an economic downturn. During the 2000–2002 bear market that was associated with a downturn in the U.S. economy, we find the coefficient that relates stock returns and earnings changes to be significantly greater for firms that increased their advertising expenditures and decreased their R&D expenditures than for firms that increased their R&D expenditures and decreased their advertising expenditures. Our results suggest that investors perceive that an increased emphasis on advertising can enable firms to stem earnings erosion that can potentially occur during an economic downturn.
Publication Title
Journal of Advertising Research
Repository Citation
Tikoo, Surinder and Ebrahim, Ahmed, "Financial Markets and Marketing The Tradeoff between R&D and Advertising During an Economic Downturn" (2010). Business Faculty Publications. 14.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/business-facultypubs/14
Published Citation
Surinder Tikoo and Ahmed Ebrahim (2010). Financial Markets and Marketing The Tradeoff between R&D and Advertising During an Economic Downturn, Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2010, pp.50-56
DOI
10.2501/S0021849910091178
Comments
This is a pre- print of an article published in Journal of Advertising Research. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at
http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com, DOI: 10.2501/S0021849910091178