The Ownership of Japanese Corporations in the 20th Century

Franks, J R, Mayer, C and Miyajima, H (2014) The Ownership of Japanese Corporations in the 20th Century. Review of Financial Studies, 27 (9). pp. 2580-2625. ISSN 0893-9454

Abstract

Twentieth century Japan provides a remarkable laboratory for examining how an externally imposed institutional and regulatory intervention affects the ownership of corporations. In the first half of the century, Japan had weak legal protection but strong institutional arrangements. The institutions were dismantled after the war and replaced by a strong form of legal protection. This inversion resulted in a switch from Japan being a country in which equity markets flourished and ownership was dispersed in the first half of the century to one in which banks and companies dominated with interlocking shareholdings in the second half of the century.

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Item Type: Article
Subject Areas: Finance
Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2016 18:51
Last Modified: 21 Nov 2024 02:50
URI: https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/45
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