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Ownership-Control Disparity and Foreign Investors' Ownership: Evidence from the Korean Stock Market

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  • Hyang Mi Choi
  • Young-Gon Cho
  • Wonsik Sul

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We examine one effect of a firm's ownership-control disparity on foreign investors in emerging markets by investigating how the disparity influences foreign investors' shareholdings in Korean firms. Using a panel sample of 192 firms from 2005 to 2009, we find that foreign shareholders invest less in companies with high ownership-control disparity, which suggests that distorted ownership structure negatively affects foreign investors' shareholdings. We also find that foreign industrial investors invest less in companies with high disparity than do foreign financial investors. This study emphasizes the role of foreign investors in a globalized emerging market to the extent that foreign investors influence firms' governance with their investment decisions.

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  • Hyang Mi Choi & Young-Gon Cho & Wonsik Sul, 2014. "Ownership-Control Disparity and Foreign Investors' Ownership: Evidence from the Korean Stock Market," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(1S), pages 178-193, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:50:y:2014:i:1s:p:178-193
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    1. Choi, Hyang Mi & Yoon, Pyung-Sig & Lim, Byungkwon, 2023. "Corporate governance and price differences between dual-class shares in Korea," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 304-319.
    2. Ruchi Kansil & Archana Singh, 2017. "Firm Characteristics and Foreign Institutional Ownership: Evidence from India," Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, vol. 9(2), pages 35-53, April.
    3. Kang, Sanggyu & Chung, Chune Young & Kim, Dong-Soon, 2019. "The effect of institutional blockholders' short-termism on firm innovation: Evidence from the Korean market," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 57(C).
    4. Jieun Lee & Doojin Ryu & Ali M. Kutan, 2016. "Monetary Policy Announcements, Communication, and Stock Market Liquidity," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(3), pages 227-250, September.

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