Financial constraints and negative spillovers in business groups: Evidence from Korea

Yonghyun Kwon, Seung Hun Han and Bong-Soo Lee

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2016, vol. 39, issue C, 84-100

Abstract: We examine the negative spillover from one group-affiliated firm to other group-affiliated firms in the same business group, using credit rating downgrade announcement data in Korea. We hypothesize that the existence of controlling shareholders and internal capital markets is a major cause of the negative spillover. We find that the financial constraints of a group-affiliated firm negatively affect the value of other group affiliates. Furthermore, we show that both the parent–subsidiary relationship and the credit rating difference between a downgrade firm and its group-affiliated firms affect the extent of negative spillover. In addition, our robustness test results support the argument that the internal capital market within a business group is a key factor in understanding negative spillovers.

Keywords: Business group; Negative spillover; Ownership structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2016.05.003

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