Group control motive as a determinant of ownership structure in business conglomerates. Evidence from Korea's chaebols

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-252

  Kim, Woochan ^a   Lim, Youngjae ^b   Sung, Taeyoon ^c  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Business School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business conglomerate; Chaebol; Group control motive; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249336051     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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