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Information asymmetry and the effect of financial openness on firm growth and wage in emerging markets

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  • Park, Haehean
  • Lee, Po-sang
  • Park, Yun W.

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We examine whether the effect of financial openness on firm growth and wages depends on information asymmetry faced by foreign investors. We conduct a firm-year level panel regression analysis using 25 emerging market country panels for 1990–2011. We find that financial openness favors firms with lower information asymmetry (larger firms, cross-listed firms, export intensive firms), which grow faster than firms with higher information asymmetry. Further, financial openness leads to a widened wage difference between large and small firms. Finally, the asymmetric growth of large firms relative to small firms disappears as the information environment of the host country improves.

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  • Park, Haehean & Lee, Po-sang & Park, Yun W., 2020. "Information asymmetry and the effect of financial openness on firm growth and wage in emerging markets," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 901-916.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:69:y:2020:i:c:p:901-916
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2020.06.004
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