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Business Group Affiliation, Ownership Structure, and the Cost of Debt
Abstract
This paper examines the relation between business group affiliation and the cost of debt capital. The co-insurance effect associated with business groups can reduce the cost of debt, while the expropriation by controlling shareholders can raise the cost of debt. We find that firms affiliated with major Korean business groups (i.e., chaebols) enjoy a substantially lower cost of public debt than do independent firms, consistent with the...
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Title
Business Group Affiliation, Ownership Structure, and the Cost of Debt
Published Date
Jan 1, 2012
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