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Asian Review of Financial Research, Vol., No..
pp.363~410
pp.363~410
Related Party Transactions with Foreign Affiliates : New Evidence on Determinants and Firm Value
Sung C. Bae Professor and Chair, Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
Taek Ho Kwon Professor, School of Business, Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea
We extend the existing literature on related party transactions from a domestic to an international dimension and uncover new evidence of resource transfer by FDI firms to their foreign affiliates through overseas related party transactions. Employing uniquely-constructed data of Korean firms during 2005-2010, we find that a KOSPI or KOSDAQ FDI firm of a larger size with a higher export ratio, a lower import ratio and/or a higher major shareholder¡¯s stock ownership is likely to engage in more overseas related party transactions. We also document non-positive effects of overseas related party transactions on firm value for the whole sample period but negative valuation effects of such transactions during the post-global financial crisis period. This negative valuation effect is associated mainly with the related party transactions of high-tech KOSPI (KOSDAQ) firms whose foreign affiliates are in developed (emerging) countries during the post-crisis period. These results suggest that FDI firms use related party transactions as a means of transferring their resources and supporting their financially-distressed foreign affiliates, especially after the crisis. Our results remain robust to the potential endogeneity issue.
Sung C. Bae
Taek Ho Kwon
We extend the existing literature on related party transactions from a domestic to an international dimension and uncover new evidence of resource transfer by FDI firms to their foreign affiliates through overseas related party transactions. Employing uniquely-constructed data of Korean firms during 2005-2010, we find that a KOSPI or KOSDAQ FDI firm of a larger size with a higher export ratio, a lower import ratio and/or a higher major shareholder¡¯s stock ownership is likely to engage in more overseas related party transactions. We also document non-positive effects of overseas related party transactions on firm value for the whole sample period but negative valuation effects of such transactions during the post-global financial crisis period. This negative valuation effect is associated mainly with the related party transactions of high-tech KOSPI (KOSDAQ) firms whose foreign affiliates are in developed (emerging) countries during the post-crisis period. These results suggest that FDI firms use related party transactions as a means of transferring their resources and supporting their financially-distressed foreign affiliates, especially after the crisis. Our results remain robust to the potential endogeneity issue.
overseas related party transactions with foreign affiliates,FDIs,determinants,firm value,Korean firms