Business groups and tunneling: Evidence from private securities offerings by Korean chaebols

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2415-2449

  Baek, Jae Seung ^a   Kang, Jun Koo ^b   Lee, Inmoo ^c,d  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 33748771989     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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