Abstract
Using earnings announcement events made by firms belonging to Korean
chaebols, we examine propping within a chaebol. Consistent with the
market's ex ante valuation of intragroup propping, we find that the
announcement of increased (decreased) earnings by a chaebol-affiliated
firm has a positive (negative) effect on the market value of other
nonannouncing affiliates. The sensitivity of the change in the market
value of nonannouncing affiliates to abnormal returns for the announcing
firms is higher if the cash flow right of the announcing firm's controlling
shareholder is higher. The sensitivity is also higher if the announcing
firm is larger, performs well, and has a higher debt guarantee ratio.
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