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The Role of M&A in Restructuring Korea's Distressed Firms (경제위기 이후 부실기업 구조조정에 있어서의 M&A의 역할 - 주식인수 및 영업양수 방식에 의한 기업결합을 중심으로 -)

  • Choi, Yong-Seok
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.179-208
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    • 2004

  • With the outbreak of the financial crisis in mid-1997, the Korean government has removed a majority of M&A-related regulations in order to facilitate M&A transactions. This was based upon the belief that M&As are one of the most efficient ways to restructure financially distressed firms compared to other government-driven restructuring programs. In this paper, we try to empirically assess the role of M&A in restructuring distressed firms in Korea following the financial crisis. In doing so, three empirical analyses have been conducted. The first analysis attempts to identify financial characteristics of the insolvent M&A targets. The second exercise directly tests the change in performance of insolvent M&A targets before and after such M&A transactions. The third analysis is a more general assessment on the role of M&A transactions to determine if being involved in an M&A transaction (regardless of its motivate) has reduced the probability of becoming insolvent in the future. Overall, we find some evidence supporting that M&A activities after the financial crisis have played a positive role in restructuring financially distressed firms in Korea.

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