• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2014

Purpose - Recently, the number of corporations that practice environmental and social responsibility, besides engaging in traditional profit-seeking activities, has been growing steadily, as interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is increasing. Recent research on CSR practices has identified the relationship between CSR activities and corporate value as one of the main issues in this respect. Considering that donations constitute a large proportion of a company's charitable activities, we considered the extent of donation expenses as a charitable activity in order to mitigate sample selection bias. Specifically, we analyzed the impact of donation expenses on firm value, while investigating if this impact varied in response to the level of corporate governance of firms. Research design, data, and methodology - We used non-financial firms listed on the Korean Stock Exchange, having their fiscal year end in December, and the sample period was 2006-2013. For the dependent variable, Tobin's q was used as the corporate value, and for the independent variable, donations were measured as the donation-expense-to-sales ratio. Corporate governance scores, as rated by the Korea Corporate Governance Service, were used to measure corporate governance levels because they consider the overall aspects of governance, including ownership structure, the board of directors, and the audit mechanism of individual companies. To examine the impact of donations on a company in relation to the level of corporate governance, we estimated regression models using the interaction terms of the governance dummy and donation variables. Then, we further estimated the regression models of two sub-samples that were classified according to the level of corporate governance. Similar to previous studies, the study uses variables that affect firm value, such as R&D expenditure, advertising expenses, EBITDA, debt-to-equity ratio, sales growth, company age, and company size as control variables. Results - The empirical results show that firm value significantly increased in response to an increase in donation expenses. Upon including the interaction terms of governance level dummy variables and donations, the coefficients of the interaction terms show significant positive values, while those of donation variables show significant negative values. In the strong governance sub-sample, the relationship between the donation expenses and corporate value was statistically positive (+) and significant. However, in the weak governance sub-sample, the relationship between the donation expenses and corporate value was statistically insignificant and negative (-). Conclusions - The empirical results suggest that donation expenses are significantly linked to an enhanced corporate value if firms have a good corporate governance structure. However, if the corporate governance structure is weak, the same relationship is not necessarily observed. The results of this study show that if a firm has high corporate governance, CSR practices enhance the company's reputation such that it has a positive (+) relationship with corporate value. If a firm has weak corporate governance, on the other hand, CSR practices are recognized as an agency cost and do not increase corporate value.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.171-198
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• 2009

본 연구는, BIS 자기자본규제가 신용위험과 시장위험 뿐만 아니라 운영위험을 감안하는 제도로 점차 강화되고 있는 시점에 자본규제가 우리나라 은행들의 자산운용행태와 여신건전성에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 분석하기 위한 것이다. 이 목적에 부합되는 은행경영지표와 거시경제지표를 실증모형의 변수로 선정함과 아울러 이에 상응하도록 구성한 은행별 횡단면자료와 분기별 시계열자료(2000년1분기~2009년 1분기)의 통합자료(pooled data)를 SUR 기법으로써 실증분석하였다. 실증을 통해 분석한 자본규제정책의 효과성, 자본규제제도의 발전 방향을 위한 시사점은 다음과 같다. 첫째, BIS 자기자본규제가 수정협약단계로 강화되기 전의 2001년 말 이전의 표본기간에는 BIS 비율이 하락에 대응하여 국채투자비중을 늘려온 현상이 현저하였다. 그러나 2002년 말 이후에는 수익성이 낮은 국채비중을 늘려 위험가중자산을 조정하는 현상이 줄어들고 BIS 비율을 유지 또는 개선하기 위해 이익잉여금 창출, 신종자본증권 발행, 후순위채 발행 등에 의한 자본 확충이 선호되는 경향이 나타나고 있다. 둘째, BIS자기자본 규제가 더욱 강화된 2002년 이후의 표본기간에는 자기자본의 증감에 따라 대출금비중의 증감이 일어나는 동조화 현상이 현저하였으며, BIS 자기자본규제가 금융시장의 신용경색에 일정부분 영향을 미쳐 온 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, BIS 자기자본규제의 강화에 따라 은행들이 차주의 신용도를 보다 정교하게 평가하여 차주를 선택함으로써 여신건전성 제고에 노력을 기울이려는 유인을 갖게 되었으며 BIS 자기자본규제가 여신건전성 향상에 매우 긍정적인 영향을 미쳐온 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 은행의 건전성 강화를 위한 BIS 자기자본규제가 긍정적 효과를 발휘하도록 함과 동시에 경기침체를 유발하는 신용경색 같은 부작용을 최소화 하려면, 은행의 자본확충경로가 활성화 된자본시장의 환경 조성, 은행의 건전성 강화를 위한 시장규율, BIS 자기자본규제의 효율적인 감독이 뒷받침되어야 한다.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제23권
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• pp.41-74
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• 2007

In Korea, corporate merger activities were activated since 1980, and nowadays(particuarly since 1986) the changes in domestic and international economic circumstances have made corporate managers have strong interests in merger. Korea and America have different business environments and it is easily conceivable that there exists many differences in motives, methods, and effects of mergers between the two countries. According to recent studies on takeover bids in America, takeover bids have information effects, tax implications, and co-insurance effects, and the form of payment(cash versus securities), the relative size of target and bidder, the leverage effect, Tobin's q, number of bidders(single versus multiple bidder), the time period (before 1968, 1968-1980, 1981 and later), and the target firm reaction (hostile versus friendly) are important determinants of the magnitude of takeover gains and their distribution between targets and bidders at the announcement of takeover bids. This study examines the theory of takeover bids, the status quo and problems of merger in Korea, and then investigates how the announcement of merger are reflected in common stock returns of bidding firms, finally explores empirically the factors influencing abnormal returns of bidding firms' stock price. The hypotheses of this study are as follows ; Shareholders of bidding firms benefit from mergers. And common stock returns of bidding firms at the announcement of takeover bids, shows significant differences according to the condition of the ratio of target size relative to bidding firm, whether the target being a member of the conglomerate to which bidding firm belongs, whether the target being a listed company, the time period(before 1986, 1986, and later), the number of bidding firm's stock in exchange for a stock of the target, whether the merger being a horizontal and vertical merger or a conglomerate merger, and the ratios of debt to equity capital of target and bidding firm. The data analyzed in this study were drawn from public announcements of proposals to acquire a target firm by means of merger. The sample contains all bidding firms which were listed in the stock market and also engaged in successful mergers in the period 1980 through 1992 for which there are daily stock returns. A merger bid was considered successful if it resulted in a completed merger and the target firm disappeared as a separate entity. The final sample contains 113 acquiring firms. The research hypotheses examined in this study are tested by applying an event-type methodology similar to that described in Dodd and Warner. The ordinary-least-squares coefficients of the market-model regression were estimated over the period t=-135 to t=-16 relative to the date of the proposal's initial announcement, t=0. Daily abnormal common stock returns were calculated for each firm i over the interval t=-15 to t=+15. A daily average abnormal return(AR) for each day t was computed. Average cumulative abnormal returns($CART_{T_1,T_2}$) were also derived by summing the $AR_t's$ over various intervals. The expected values of $AR_t$ and $CART_{T_1,T_2}$ are zero in the absence of abnormal performance. The test statistics of $AR_t$ and $CAR_{T_1,T_2}$ are based on the average standardized abnormal return($ASAR_t$) and the average standardized cumulative abnormal return ($ASCAR_{T_1,T_2}$), respectively. Assuming that the individual abnormal returns are normal and independent across t and across securities, the statistics $Z_t$ and $Z_{T_1,T_2}$ which follow a unit-normal distribution(Dodd and Warner), are used to test the hypotheses that the average standardized abnormal returns and the average cumulative standardized abnormal returns equal zero.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.895-906
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• 2015

본 연구는 오대산국립공원 신성암에서 중대사 구간을 대상으로 식물군집구조를 밝히고 향후 전나무림 관리를 위한 기초자료를 구축하고자 하였다. 조사구는 총 20개 조사구($400m^2$)를 설정하였다. 연구대상지 주변지역에 대한 현존식생 현황을 파악하였고, 군집분류는 TWINSPAN에 의한 classification과 DCA에 의한 ordination 분석을 하였으며, 식물군집구조 분석은 상대우점치, 흉고직경급별 분포, 표본목 수령 및 생장량, 종다양도 분석 등을 실시하였다. 현존식생 유형은 총 14개 유형으로 구분되었으며, 해발고가 낮은 계곡부에는 전나무-신갈나무림과 낙엽활엽수림이, 해발고가 높은 사면부에는 신갈나무림이 주요 식생이었다. 군집분류 결과, 총 네 개의 군집으로 분류되었으며, 교목층에서는 네 개의 군집 모두 전나무가 우점하였고, 군집 IV를 제외한 3개 군집에서 전나무가 차대를 형성하고 있었다. 군집 I, II, III의 경우 전나무가 우점하는 현재의 군집이 지속적으로 유지되면서, 까치박달 등 낙엽활엽수의 세력이 확장될 것으로 판단되며, 군집 IV의 경우 장기적으로 전나무의 세력약화와 까치박달-낙엽활엽수 군집으로의 변화가 예상되었다. 전나무는 79~128년생, 잣나무는 75~87년생, 느릅나무는 190년생이었으며, 전나무의 생장은 시간이 지남에 따라 다소 둔화되었다. Shannon의 종다양도지수는 0.3889~1.3332이었다.