"This study estimates an aggregate production function of manufacturing industry using panel data of 11 Korean regions covering 1977-1992. While the previous studies regard infrastructure as a direct input for production, the present study proposes that infrastructure has an effect on actual...

This study examines whether an increase in foreign ownership affects investment in Korea. Many studies have shown that in an imperfect financial market, a firm's investment depends on the availability of internal funds. If high foreigners' shareholding is a sign of a firm's good financial...

This paper examines whether financial liberalization procedures introduced in Korea in the early 1990s succeeded in relaxing financing constraints on firms. Because external funds are more costly than internal funds in an imperfect capital market, corporate investments depend on the availability...