Capital Market Development and Firm Restructuring During an Economic Shock
研究了资本市场发展如何通过资源获取和治理机制影响公司重组，发现其效果因重组类型、经济环境和资源获取而异，基于新加坡和韩国1998-1999年经济冲击期间的数据验证了假设。
We conceptualize capital markets in terms of resource access and governance, and argue that more developed capital markets facilitate firm restructuring through more effective provision of capital and governance of transactions. We then develop a contingency model that specifies that the effects of capital market development on restructuring vary by (1) types of restructuring, (2) the nature of the economic environments, and (3) firms’ access to resources. We evaluate a broad range of restructuring actions among independent firms and business group affiliates in Singapore and South Korea before and during the economic shock of 1998–1999. Results support our predictions of the impact of capital market development and of contingencies, and highlight the value of incorporating an external capital markets perspective to complement internally focused theoretical explanations for firm restructuring.