Agency problems and performance of Korean companies during the Asian financial crisis: Chaebol vs. non-chaebol firms

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-348

  Kim, Byungmo ^a   Lee, Inmoo ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agency problem; Business group; Financial crisis; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141465231     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(03)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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