LARGE SHAREHOLDERS AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRY IN A TRANSITION ECONOMY – EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAM

Xuan Vinh Vo ()
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Xuan Vinh Vo: Institute of Business Research and CFVG Ho Chi Minh City, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street – District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2023, vol. 68, issue 05, 1551-1567

Abstract: A growing volume of studies indicate that the information asymmetry problem is a serious issue which significantly hinders stock market development. This problem is more pronounced in emerging markets with weak institutions. The domination of large shareholders in a firm might be a cause of information asymmetry because they are commonly believed to have access to private and value-relevant information. The current paper offers insight into the relationship between multiple large shareholder ownership and stock market information asymmetry in the context of Vietnam, an important emerging market. Employing fixed effects and GMM estimators for a panel data sample of firms listed on the Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange covering the period 2007–2015, the results suggest that the concentration of large shareholder ownership is positively and significantly associated with information asymmetry. This finding has strong implications for policy making process in promoting stock market development.

Keywords: Emerging market; information asymmetry; large shareholder ownership; liquidity; ownership concentration; Vietnam stock market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1142/S0217590819500462

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