The profitability of asset sales as an explanation of asset divestitures
Using Korean fixed asset divestiture data, I extend the investigation of the financing hypothesis of divestitures proposed by Lang et al. (Lang, L., Poulsen, A., Stulz, R., 1995. Asset sales, firm performance, and the agency costs of managerial discretion, Journal of Financial Economics 37, 3.37). In particular, I take into account the profitability of announced asset divestitures and I employ a unique sample constructed to avoid effects that might confound the results. I also take into account the financial condition of the selling firms. The results are consistent with the financing hypothesis proposed by Lang et al. and show that the financing hypothesis of divestitures is robust to controls for the profitability of asset sales and the financial condition of selling firms.
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2008
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Authors: | Shin, G. Hwan |
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Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. - Elsevier, ISSN 0927-538X. - Vol. 16.2008, 5, p. 555-571
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Asset sales Divestitures Financing hypothesis Profitability of asset sales Korean firms |
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