• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.63-84
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• 2010

We investigate whether FX hedging materially increases firm value by testing the valuation effect of Foreign Exchange Risk Insurance in Korea, using our sample of 84 listed firms with 617 observations between 2000 and 2008, Employing Tobin's Q as a proxy of firm value and foreign exchange risk insurance as a proxy of hedging instrument, we find a positive relation between firm value and the use of foreign exchange risk insurance. The hedging premium is statistically significant and is on average 7.4% of sample firm value. We also find our empirical results consistent with the preceding evidence that firm uses the hedging instrument in order to alleviate economic frictions and then hedging causes an increase in firm value.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.422-427
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• 2013

The cognition for corporate social responsibility of Chinese companies is negative because it increases cost and causes reduction of profit. But interest and execution for corporate social responsibility of Chinese firms is increasing consistently. Purpose of this study is to find effect of corporate social responsibility on firm value to Chinese enterprises. To achieve this purpose, we performed multiple regression method to 647 firms listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange of China in 2011. Dependent variable is firm value and independent variable is degree of execution of corporate social responsibility to stakeholders. Conclusions of this study are as follows. First, execution of corporate social responsibility for employees, bondholders, government appeared to have a significant positive effect to firm value at 1% significance level. Second, execution of corporate social responsibility for customers appeared to have a significant negative effect to firm value at 1% significance level. Third, execution of corporate social responsibility for stockholders, suppliers appeared to have a weak positive effect on firm value, however these variables showed statistical insignificant.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.113-130
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• 2017

This study examines the effect of direct investment in Asia on firm value for nonfinancial firms listed on KRX between 2006 and 2015. We also explore whether the mediating effects of cashholdings the relationship between direct investment in Asian markets and corporate value. Recently, companies are increasing their cash holdings for risk management. Cashholdings are causing agent problems, which has a negative impact on corporate value. In this case, when the company conducts active investment activities such as foreign direct investment, it is possible to supply the appropriate funds in a timely manner, thereby cashholdings increase the possibility of success of foreign direct investment and alleviate the agent problem of cash holdings. For the analysis, the number of directly invested firms in Korean listed firms is used as the explanatory variables for the Chinese and Vietnamese markets where foreign direct investment is the most active, and cash holding is set as the moderating variable. As a result, direct investment in China and Vietnam showed a positive (+) relationship with firm value, and cashholdings have a positive the relationship between foreign direct investment and firma value. The implications of this paper are as follows. First, it is suggested that the direct value of direct investment can be enhanced the relationship between direct investment and firm value in Asia. In addition, it can be suggested that cash holdings play a role of effective investment supply in firms that implement foreign direct investment, positively affecting corporate value.