The Structure of Corporate Ownership in Japan

Stephen D Prowse

Journal of Finance, 1992, vol. 47, issue 3, 1121-40

Abstract: The author examines the structure of corporate ownership in a sample of Japanese firms in the mid 1980s. Ownership is highly concentrated in Japan, with financial institutions by far the most important large shareholders. Ownership concentration in independent Japanese firms is positively related to the returns from exerting greater control over management. This is not the case in firms that are members of corporate groups (keiretsu). Ownership concentration and the accounting profit rate in both independent and keiretsu firms are unrelated. The results are consistent with the notion that there exist two distinct corporate governance systems in Japan--one among independent firms and the other among firms that are members of keiretsu. Copyright 1992 by American Finance Association.

Date: 1992
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