Abstract
This paper examines capital reallocation among firms in Korean business groups (chaebol) in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and the consequences of this capital reallocation for the investment and performance of chaebol firms. We show that chaebol transferred cash from low-growth to high-growth member firms, using cross-firm equity investments. This capital reallocation allowed chaebol firms with greater investment opportunities to invest more than control firms after the crisis. These firms also showed higher profitability and lower declines in valuation than control firms following the crisis. Our results suggest that chaebol internal capital markets helped them mitigate the negative effects of the Asian crisis on investment and performance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2539-2586 |
Number of pages | 48 |
Journal | Journal of Finance |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics