How Does Corporate Governance Risk at Home Affect Investment Choices Abroad?

Woochan Kim, Taeyoon Sung, Shang-Jin Wei

NBER Working Paper No. 13721
Issued in January 2008

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We thank Marianne Bertrand, Bernard Black, Bernado Bortolotti, Stijn Claessens, Mara Faccio, John Griffin, Simon Johnson, Kate Litvak, seminar participants at Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, University of Texas, Austin, Seoul National University, Korea University, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, IMF, Brookings Institution, and the International Research Conference on Corporate Governance in Emerging Market Economies for helpful comments, and John Klopfer for able editorial assistance. We also thank the KDI School of Public Policy and Management for financial support. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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