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The impacts of foreign institutional investors and governance mechanism on the cost of debt

외국인 기관투자자와 기업지배구조가 차입비용에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2012.09.21
  • Accepted : 2013.01.10
  • Published : 2013.01.31

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of corporate governance structure on the cost of debt. Total sample is divided into the small sample, the medium sample and the large sample of equity concentration, based on the equity ownership of large shareholders. Our regression results show that foreign investors are not associated with the cost of debt in the small and medium samples of equity ownership, whereas foreign investors are significantly associated with the reduction in the cost of debt in the large sample of equity concentration. Academic implications of our findings are that as the ownership of dominating shareholders rises, they seek their private interests of perks causing an increase in agency costs and a decrease in firm's economic value, thus expanding borrowing costs. Practical business implications are that foreign investors may alleviate agency problem of dominating large shareholders in the firm through monitoring activities, thus enhancing the efficiency of business decision-makings.

본 연구는 기업지배구조가 차입비용에 미치는 영향을 외국인 기관투자자의 역할에 초점을 맞추면서 분석하였다. 서로 다른 지배구조에 따른 차입비용에 영향을 보기 위해, 최대주주 지분율 기준으로 소유 집중도가 작은 기업표본, 중간 기업표본, 큰 기업표본으로 분류하여 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과, 소유 집중도가 중간이나 작은 기업표본에서는 외국인 투자자가 기업 차입비용에 영향을 미치는 것이 확인되지 않았으나, 소유 집중도가 큰 기업표본에서는 외국인 투자자가 기업의 차입비용을 크게 감소시키고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 학술적 시사점으로는, 지배대주주의 지분율이 높아질수록 이해일치가설에 의해 지배대주주는 자신의 사적 이익을 추구하게 되어 대리인 비용이 증가하고 경제적 가치가 하락하여 신용위험과 차입비용 증가로 이어질 수 있다는 것을 보여 준다. 실무적 시사점으로는, 외국인 투자자는 소유 집중도가 큰 기업에서 지배 대주주를 잘 견제 감시하고 경영의 외부감시 주체로서 경영 의사결정 효율화에 중요한 역할을 담당할 수 있다는 것을 보여준다.

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