• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2015

Purpose - The aim of this paper is to investigate the explanatory power of the Pecking-order theory (the cost of financing increases with asymmetric information) among Korean retail firms from the perspective of debt capacity. According to the Pecking-order theory, a firm's first preference is to use internal funds for its capital needs, its next preference is the issuance of debt, and its last preference is the issuance of equity; this is due to the information asymmetry problem between existing shareholders and investors. However, prior empirical studies, such as Lemmon and Zender (2010), argue that the entire sample test for the Pecking-order theory could be misleading due to the different levels of debt issuance capability of each of the individual firms; in fact, they confirm that the explanatory power of the Pecking-order theory improves after taking into account the differences in debt capacity of the U.S. firms they examined. This paper implements a case study approach among Korean retail firms to examine the relationship between debt capacity and the explanatory power of the Pecking-order theory in Korea. Research design, data, and methodology - This study uses the sample of public retail firms on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) from the time period of 1990 to 2013. We gather related financial and accounting statements from the financial information firm WISEfn. Credit rating information is provided by the Korea Investor Service. We employ the models of Lemmon and Zender (2010) and Son and Kim (2013) to measure a firm's debt capacity. Their logit models use the rating dummy variable as a dependent variable and incorporate other firm characteristics as independent variables to estimate debt capacity. To test the Pecking-order theory, we adopt variants of the financing deficit model of Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999). In the test of the Pecking-order theory, we consider all of the changes in total debt obligations, current debt obligations, and long-term debt obligations. Results - Our main contribution to the literature is our confirmation of the predicted relationship between debt capacity and the explanatory power of the Pecking-order theory among Korean retail firms. The coefficients on financing deficits become greater as a firm's debt capacity improves. This is consistent with the results of Lemmon and Zender (2010). The coefficients on the square of the financing deficits are also negative for the firms in the largest debt capacity group, which is also consistent with the predictions in prior literature. Conclusions - This study takes a case study approach by examining Korean retail firms. We confirm that the Pecking-order theory explains the capital structure of retail firms more appropriately, after taking into account the debt capacity of each firm. This result suggests the importance of debt capacity consideration in the testing of the Pecking-order theory. Our result also implies that there has been a potential underestimation of the explanatory power of the Pecking-order theory in existing studies.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.275-287
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• 2023

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the issuance amount of subordinated bonds and firm value, aiming to determine how subordinated bonds are evaluated in the capital market. Design/methodology/approach - To achieve the research objective, this study empirically analyzes all samples of domestic listed insurers that have issued subordinated bonds. Through such empirical analysis, the study aims to confirm the value relevance of the recognized debt and examine how subordinated bonds are reflected in the firm valuation of insurers. Findings - The research finding indicates that subordinated bonds issued by insurers, despite being recognized as debt, did not show a significant relation with firm value. This result suggests a divergence from the typical characteristics of debt, reflecting the distinct evaluation of debt recognized through the issuance of subordinated bonds(subordinated debt) and general debt in the capital market. In this regard, additional investigation into the value relevance by categorizing debt into general debt and subordinated debt revealed a significant difference in the value relevance of the two types of debt. Research implications or Originality - These research findings indicate that the market evaluation of subordinated debt takes into consideration the economic attributes of the subordinated debt. Furthermore, this evaluation is interpreted to account for the regulatory consideration that recognizes subordinated debt as available capital for supervisory purpose.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.1-29
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• 2009

전환사채는 주식과 채권의 성격을 모두 가지고 있기 때문에 주주와 채권자 모두의 이해관계와 관련되어 있을 수 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 기존연구는 전환사채 발행과 주주의 부와의 연관성에만 주로 초점을 맞추어 왔다. 따라서 본 연구는 전환사채 발행의 공시효과가 주주는 물론 나아가서 채권자의 부에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 살펴본다. 또한 이들 부의 변화를 발행기업의 특성-특히 기업의 성장성-과 연관하여 살펴봄으로써, 전환사채 발행유인과 관련된 기존가설을 재검증하고자 한다. 먼저 실증분석 결과를 보면, 전환사채 발행공시일 전후의 주가반응은 대부분의 국내 논문의 결과들처럼 유의하지 않았지만, 채권가격은 코스닥기업의 경우에 유의적으로 상승하였다. 이는 주주의 부는 전반적으로 변하지 않는 반면에 채권자의 부는 코스닥기업의 경우에 증가한다는 것을 의미하여, 전환사채는 주식보다 정도는 덜 하지만 기업가치가 과대평가되었을 때 발행되기 때문에 발행기업의 주가가 하락한다는 외국의 연구결과들을 역시 지지하지 않는다. 다음으로, 주주와 채권자의 부의 변화에 영향을 미치는 기업특성변수들에 대한 회귀분석결과, 장부가/시장가비율이 낮아 성장성이 높을수록 주주와 채권자의 부가 모두 증가하였다. 또한 신용등급은 채권자의 부와 양(+)의, 기업규모는 채권자의 부와 음(-)의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 성장성이 높은 기업이 전환사채를 발행하는 경우에 주주와 채권자의 부는 비례적으로 증가하였다. 이들 결과는 전환사채의 발행유인으로 성장성이 높은 기업이 부채의 대리인비용을 줄이기 위함이라고 하는 기존의 국내외 연구결과를 지지하는 것으로 보인다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.205-219
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• 2023

Purpose - This study examines the effect of corporate debt characteristics on the relationship between anti-takeover provision and the cost of debt. Design/methodology/approach - The study analyzes a sample of non-financial firms listed on the stock market with December fiscal year-end from 2011 to 2018. Debt default risk (debt size, liquidity ratio, interest coverage ratio, loss occurrence) and the issuance of bonds are utilized as measures of corporate debt characteristics. Findings - First, it is observed that creditors of firms with anti-takeover provision demand higher returns as the debt default risk of these firms increases. Second, for firms issuing bonds, it is found that bondholders in companies with anti-takeover provision also seek higher returns. Research implications or Originality - This study contributes by demonstrating that the effect of anti-takeover provision on creditors can vary depending on corporate debt characteristics. Particularly, the study highlights the importance of a firm's debt default risk and creditor distinction (bondholders vs. regular creditors) as significant factors that may influence perceptions of anti-takeover provision.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.21-51
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• 2024

Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009, the importance of nonbank financial institutions in macroprudential management has increased significantly. Consequently, major countries and international financial institutions have been actively discussing and implementing macroprudential supervision and regulation for non-bank financial institutions (NBFI). In this context, this paper analyzes the systemic risk of both banks and non-bank sectors (securities firms and insurance companies) in South Korea over different time periods. Using the widely recognized ΔCoVaR methodology for measuring systemic risk, the analysis reveals that systemic risk increased substantially across all three sectors (banks, securities firms, and insurance companies) during the Global Financial Crisis, the European Sovereign Debt Crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the banking sector exhibited relatively high systemic risk compared to the securities and insurance sectors, the relative differences in systemic risk varied across the different crisis periods. Notably, during the margin call crisis in March of 2020, the gap in systemic risk between the banking and securities sectors decreased significantly compared to that during both the Global Financial Crisis and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis, indicating that securities firms had a more substantial impact on risk in the overall financial system during this period. Furthermore, I analyze the impact of the issuance of equity-linked securities (ELS) by financial institutions on systemic risk, as measured by ΔCoVaR, finding that an increase in the outstanding balance of ELS issuance by financial institutions had an impact on increasing ΔCoVaR during the three crisis periods. These findings underscore the growing importance of non-bank financial institutions in relation to South Korea's macroprudential management and supervision. To address this evolving landscape, enhanced monitoring and regulatory measures focusing on non-bank systemic risk are essential components of maintaining financial stability in the country.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2018

본 연구는 한국 가족기업의 기업특성과 부채조달의 영향관계를 분석하기 위해 가족기업의 부채사용 정도와 자본조달 순위이론의 순응여부를 실증분석 하였다. 분석기간은 2004년부터 2013년까지 총 10개년이고, 표본기업은 한국거래소 유가증권시장에 상장되어 있는 비금융업종 기업 총 4,008개를 사용하였다. 분석을 위해 횡단면 자료를 시간적으로 연결한 불균형 패널자료를 형성하고 패널자료회귀분석법을 사용하여 분석하였다. 실증분석 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 한국의 가족기업은 비가족기업에 비해 상대적으로 적은 부채를 사용한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 지배가족이 기업을 소유 지배하는 가족기업은 대리인문제가 완화되어, Jensen(1986)이 제시한 부채의 통제효과의 필요성이 낮아지기 때문에 부채 증가 유인이 감소하는 것으로 이해할 수 있었다. 둘째, Shyam-Sunder and Myers(1999)가 제시한 모형을 이용한 자본조달순위이론의 검증에서는 가족기업이 비가족기업에 비해 자본조달순위이론의 순응도가 높다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 즉 자금조달이 필요할 때에는 주식발행보다 부채를 선호하는 결과이다. 다만 한국 가족 기업의 경우 부족한 자금의 24.38%를 순부채 발행을 통해 조달하는 것으로 나타나서, Shyam-Sunder and Myers(1999)의 분석에서 제시된 75%에 비해 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 한국 가족기업이 자본조달순위이론을 따른다고 강하게 주장하는 데는 다소 한계가 있음을 의미하는 것으로 이해되었다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2014

Purpose - This article aims to examine whether the stock issuance of firms in the retail industry follows Myers' (1984) pecking order theory, which is based on information asymmetry. According to the pecking order model, firms have a sequence of financing decisions, of which the first choice is to use retained earnings, the second one is to get into safe debt, the next involves risky debt, and the last involves finance with outside equity. Since the 2000s, the polarization of the LEs (Large enterprises) and SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) arose in the retail industry. The LEs exhibited an improvement in growth and profitability, whereas SMEs had a tendency to degenerate. This study contributes to corroborating the features of financing decisions in the retail industry distinguished from the other industries. Research design, data, and methodology - This study considers the stocks listed on the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets from 1991 to 2013, and is more concentrated on the stocks in the retail industry. The data were collected from the financial information company, WISEfn. The empirical analysis is conducted by employing two measures of net equity issues (and), which were introduced in Fama and French (2005), and can be calculated from firms' accounting information. All variables are generated as the aggregate value of the numerator divided by aggregate assets, which, in effect, treats the entire sample as a single firm. Substantially, the financing decisions of the firms were analyzed by examining how often and under what circumstances firms issue and repurchase equity. Then, this study compares the features of the retail industry with those of the other industries. Results - The proportion of sample firms that show annual net stock issues reaching the level of the year's average was 54.33% for the 1990s, and fell to 39.93% per year for the 2000s. In detail, the fraction of the small firms actually increases from 45.08% to 51.04%, whereas that of large firms shows a dramatic decline from 58.94% to 24.76%. Considering the fact that the large firms' rapid increase in growth after the 2000s may lead to an increase in equity issues, this result is rather surprising. Meanwhile, net stock repurchases of assets are considerably disproportionate between the large (-50.11%) and the small firms (-15.66%) for the 2000s. Conclusions - Stock issuance of retail firms is not in line with the traditional seasoned equity offering based on information asymmetry. The net stock issuance of the small firms in the retail industry can be interpreted as part of an effort to reorganize business and solicit new investment to resolve degenerating business performance. For large firms, on the other hand, the net repurchase can be regarded as part of an effort to rearrange business for efficiency and amplifying synergy across business sections through spin-off. These results can help the government establish a support policy on retail industry according to size.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.67-79
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• 2019

This study examines the impact of corporate governance on capital structure decisions based on a large panel of Chinese listed firms. Using the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator to control for unobserved heterogeneity, endogeneity, and persistency in capital structure decisions, we document that the ownership structure plays a significant role in determining leverage ratios. More specially, we find that managerial ownership has a positive and significant impact on firms' leverage, consistent with the incentive alignment hypothesis. We also find that managerial ownership only affects the leverage decisions of private firms in the post-2005 split share reform period. State ownership negatively influence leverage decisions implying that SOEs may face fewer restrictions in equity issuance and may receive favourable treatments when applying for seasoned equity ¿nancing, thus use less debt. Furthermore, our results show that while foreign ownership negatively influences leverage decisions, legal person shareholding positively influences firms' leverage decisions only for state controlled firms. We also find that the board structure variables (board size and the proportion of independent directors) do not influence firms' capital structure decisions. Our findings suggest that recent ownership reforms have been successful in terms of providing incentive to managers through managerial shareholdings to take risky financial choices.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2020

본 연구는 기업이 개별 기업수명주기에 따라 선택하는 구조조정 전략이 재무적 곤경에 직면할 경우에 기업회생에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 수 있다는 증거를 제시하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본 연구는 2001년부터 2016년까지 한국거래소에 상장되어 있는 기업의 3,593개 표본을 대상으로 로짓회귀분석을 실시하였다. 기업수명주기별로 구조조정 전략의 선택에 차이가 있다는 실증분석결과, 기업 수명주기에서 성장기에 속한 재무적 곤경 기업은 사업 및 자산구조조정을 이용하여 기업을 회생시키고, 쇠퇴기에 속한 재무적 곤경 기업은 재무적구조조정을 이용하여 기업을 회생시키는 것으로 확인되었다. 국내 기업들의 구조조정이 증가하는 상황에서 본 연구의 결과는 기업의 수명주기에 따라 적합한 구조조정의 전략을 선택하는 것이 중요함을 시사한다.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.157-180
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• 2010

본 연구는 상대적으로 정보비대칭성이 강하다고 판단되는 코스닥시장 기업을 대상으로 은행의 정보생산 역할에 대한 실증분석을 시행하였다. 2004년 10월부터 2006년 3월까지 발생한 164개의 장기차입공시자료를 이용하여 공시일 기준 사건연구를 시행하였다. 그 결과 은행차입공시로는 주식비정상수익률이 발생하지 않았으며, 사채의 경우에는 유의적인 음의 비정상수익률이 발생하였다. 또한 자본구조가 가격에 반영될 가능성을 고려하여 목표부채비율과 공시일 직전 부채비율의 차이를 통제한 분석에서는 모든 차입형태에 대해 유의적인 영향이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 표본기업들의 은행대출획득 사실은 긍정적인 정보전달효과가 없다는 것을 의미하며, 따라서 은행대출은 차입기업에 대한 우월한 정보를 생산하는 특별한 상품이기 보다는 여러 가지 자본조달 수단들 중의 하나에 지나지 않는 것으로 해석된다.