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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.9.3827

Information Asymmetry and Financing Behavior of the Korean Firms  

Guahk, Se-Young (Division of Business Administration, Cheongju University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.9, 2011 , pp. 3827-3833 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper performed empirical tests of the validity of the pecking order theory which explains financing behavior of firms under information asymmetry. The results of regression analyses using the data of listed manufacturing companies in the Korean Stock Market from 1981 to 2010 have shown strong evidences supporting the pecking order theory. Especially regression coefficients of change of debt on funds deficit and control variables were found to be almost (+1) with statistically significance, which is interpreted as being consistent with the pecking order theory. Same results were found when I performed regression analyses by dividing the sample period into pre-currency crisis period, currency crisis period and post-currency crisis period and using 2 regression models. Change of tangible asset were found to function as collateral rather than reducing information asymmetry and as the firm size decreased, use of debt increased and as profitability increased use of debt decreased, which are consistent with the pecking order theory.
Keywords
Information Asymmetry; Financing; Pecking Order Theory; Capital Structure;
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