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KRX (Korea Exchange) gold market opened in March 2014 according to the government policy legalizing financial transactions, and traded one-gram unit of the real gold by Korean…
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KRX (Korea Exchange) gold market opened in March 2014 according to the government policy legalizing financial transactions, and traded one-gram unit of the real gold by Korean currency (KRW) in the exchange market. Despite the fact that KRX gold market showed the high efficiency in terms of tax and fee in contrast to the existing gold market, the studies on KRX gold market were scarcely performed until quite recently. This study introduce KRX gold market and shows the price discovery function of KRX gold market. Empirical analyses and the results were as follows. First, the return rate of CME gold futures at the t-1 day had a positive impact of significance on market rate of return of KRX gold market at the t day. Second, the KRX gold market also has price discovery function in global gold market. We analyze the efficiency of the KRX gold market by comparing the dollar spot price of gold in the KRX gold market and the price of CME gold futures. These results support the proper efficiency of the KRX gold market in terms of price discovery.
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Hyung Cheol Kang and Jaemin Kim
This study aims to examine whether a switching decision between a family CEO and a non-family professional CEO has a different effect on firm performance and what determines such…
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Purpose
This study aims to examine whether a switching decision between a family CEO and a non-family professional CEO has a different effect on firm performance and what determines such a decision by family firms.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses multiple regressions, Probit and univariate analyses, based the sample of family-controlled Chaebol firms in Korea for the 11-year period from 2001 to 2011.
Findings
Evidence found was consistent with the family entrenchment hypothesis: firms experiencing declining Q value are more likely to replace family CEOs with non-family CEOs, and that these firms, having switched to non-family CEOs, exhibit an improvement in firm performance as measured by the change in Q value. On the other hand, for those firms that replace non-family CEOs with family member CEOs, no evidence was found that the switching decision either decreases or increases firm performance. The results of Probit and univariate analyses suggest that firms switching to family CEOs tend to be larger, stock-exchange listed and more “central”, with more cash flow rights held by the controlling families and with relatively more equity holdings in the other affiliated firms of the same Chaebol group. In contrast, firms switching to non-family CEOs tend to be smaller, unlisted and less “central”, with less equity holdings in the other affiliated firms of the same Chaebol group.
Originality/value
This study sheds light on the different value implications and determinants of a decision between “family CEO” and “non-family CEO”.
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