Firm Growth Type and Capital Structure Persistence

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueping Wu ◽  
Chau Kin Au Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Growth Type

Firm growth type and capital structure persistence

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 3427-3443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueping Wu ◽  
Chau Kin Au Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Growth Type

Financial Leverage and its Determinants: Evidence from Indian Cement Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupam De ◽  
Arindam Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Debt Service ◽  
Cement Industry ◽  
Business Risk ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Capital Structure

In this study an attempt has been made to examine the determinants of capital structure in companies belonging to the Cement Industry of India. The companies listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) has been used for the study. The study has been conducted for the period from 1999-2000 to 2010-2011. To study the influence of various independent variables on the capital structure, Multiple Regression Analysis has been carried out taking the ratio of average total debt to average total assets as dependent variable and seven variables, which might have some impact on the capital structure, as independent variables. These seven variables are namely business risk, size of the firm, growth rate, debt service capacity, degree of operating leverage, dividend payout, and earning rate. It is observed from the study that size of the firm, debt service capacity, business risk and growth rate are statistically significant to have an influence in taking capital structure related decisions and considered as determinants of capital structure of the listed companies belonging to the Indian Cement

scholarly journals Factors Explaining Debt Firm Policy: A Comparison between Five Intercontinental Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Ben Said Hatem
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Debt Ratio ◽  
Firm Age ◽  
Growth Opportunities ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Debt Policy

We test the factors explaining the debt policy of firms across five continents. To this end, we examine samples from South Africa, Australia, Brazil, India and Spain over a period of 8 years from 2003 to 2010. The results manipulate differences in debt policy for all countries (except for the variable Return on Assets, ROA). As for the effect of activity sectors on firm debt policy, higher performance led to lower firm debt ratios. Furthermore, we concluded some differences in other variables. Higher tangibility ratios for firms from South Africa, India and Spain led to higher capital structure ratios. Larger firms from Brazil led to lower short term debt ratio. We could not find evidence on the effect of firm growth opportunities in Brazil and India. Furthermore, we concluded to a positive and a statistically significant effect of liquidity ratio for Australia and India, and a positive and a statistically significant effect of firm age for firms from Spain.

scholarly journals Capital Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Malaysian Public Listed Plantation Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-142
Author(s):  
Kim Foong Jee ◽  
Jia En Joanne Ngui ◽  
Pei Pei Jessica Poh ◽  
Wai Loon Chan ◽  
Yet Siang Wong
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Total Debt ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the relationship between capital structure and performance of firms. The study is confined to plantation sector companies in Malaysia and is based on a sample of 39 firms which listed in Bursa Malaysia for the period from 2009 to 2019. This study uses two performance measures which are ROA and ROE as the dependent variable. Besides, the capital structure measures are the short-term debt, long-term debt, total debt and firm growth, which as the independent variables. Size will be the control variable in this study. Moreover, a fixed-effect panel regression analysis has been used to analyse the impact of capital structure on firm performance. The results indicate that firm performance, which is in term of ROA, have an insignificant relationship with short-term debt (STD) and long-term debt (LTD). For the total debt (TD) and growth, there is a significant relationship with ROA. However, for the performance measured by ROE, it has an insignificant relationship with short-term debt (STD), long-term debt (LTD) and total debt (TD). Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between the growth and the performance firms from plantation sector in Malaysia.

A theoretical and econometric evaluation of corporate governance and capital structure in JSE-listed companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1063-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navitha Singh Sewpersadh
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Ceo Duality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Director Ownership

PurposeA vital resource for attracting investments and boosting economic growth is compliance with corporate-governance practices. To achieve firm growth, businesses often rely on leverage as a source of finance, which has tax-saving benefits but could attract financial distress costs. In this context, this study aims to examine the relationship between corporate governance and the use of debt financing in Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed companies.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a six-year period to examine 713 annual reports in an unbalanced panel of 130 JSE-listed companies from 2011 to 2016. The empirical econometric methodology used was the two-step difference generalised method of moments estimation model, which is robust in controlling endogeneity and potential bi-directional causality between leverage and corporate governance.FindingsThis study illustrated that corporate governance practices and firm-specific variables such as profitability, firm size and firm age have a significant influence on the capital structure decisions of JSE-listed firms. This study found support for four out of the six hypotheses. CEO duality and director ownership are positively correlated with leverage, whereas audit committee independence and board size are negatively correlated with leverage. This study also found contraventions of board independence, audit committee independence and CEO duality. The technology sector was the least compliant, with only 40 per cent of their boards being independent. The consumer-services sector had the maximum presence of CEO duality (7 per cent). The industrial sector had the highest average director ownership (18 per cent). The heath-care sector had 28 per cent of their audit committees in contravention of the independence rule.Practical implicationsA useful analysis of the theoretical frameworks used by academic writers are provided. This study revealed the governance practices contravened by the relevant sectors, as well as the associations between corporate governance and leverage.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the literature on capital structure and corporate governance by an emerging economy such as South Africa (SA) which has not been explored. This study’s results have key implications for policy-makers, practitioners, investors and regulatory authorities. This study informs these constituencies about a set of governance attributes that are catalysts and/or inhibitors of leverage.

scholarly journals Determining the Factors Affecting Capital Structure Decisions of Real Sector Companies Operating in ISE

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bengü Vuran ◽  
Nihat Tas ◽  
Burcu Adiloglu
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tax Shield ◽  
The Capital Structure

Corporate capital structure remains a controversial issue in modern corporate finance. Since the seminal work by Modigliani and Miller (1958), a plethora of research has been undertaken in attempting to identify the determinants of capital structure. This paper analyzes the capital structure determinants of manufacturing, merchandising and service firms operating in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) during the period from 2010 to 2013 comprising of 218 companies. This study addresses the following questions: Are the capital structure determinants of three types of firms in ISE driven by different factors? To answer this question, panel data methodology is applied to the sample of firms for the period from 2010 to 2013. The results show that the manufacturing and merchandising firms exhibit similarities in their capital structure choices. For those firms, size and firm growth are positively related to leverage, whereas profitability have a negative relationship with their debt to assets ratio. For service firms, size and non-debt tax shield have significant positive impact on leverage but profitability negatively related to leverage. These findings provide evidence in favour of trade off theory and pecking order theory.

scholarly journals BALANCE SHEET EFFECT SEBAGAI PENENTU DETERMINAN STRUKTUR MODAL ENAM BURSA EFEK PADA NEGARA-NEGARA ASEAN

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Zainal Abidin Sahabuddin ◽  
Stevanus Adree Cipto Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The State ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Tax Shield ◽  
Debt Tax Shield ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
The Capital Structure

<span>Balance sheet effect is due to the relationship between the external and internal<br /><span>factors. The purpose of this study is to obtain the result: firm size, firm growth, financial <span>risk, asset structure, non debt tax shield on capital structure; influence of internal <span>factors, the influence of internal and external factors of the company’s capital structure. <span>The research was conducted in countries of ASEAN<span>6<span>, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, <span>Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Unit of analysis of this study is that corporations have huge capitalization in 2008 until 2011. Data analysis using regression method Simultaneous and panels. The results showed: the size of the company has a<br />positive and significant impact on the capital structure for ASEAN6 countries; growth has a negative and significant impact on the capital structure in the country of Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand; financial risk has a negative and significant impact on the capital structure in Singapore , asset structure has a positive and significant impact on the capital structure for Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines; non-debt tax shield and a significant negative effect on the capital structure for the State of Indonesia<br />and Malaysia, the interest rate has no significant effect on the capital structure in cASEAN 6 countries; foreign exchange rate has a positive and significant effect for the Philippines; rate of inflation on capital structure has a negative and significant impact to the state of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam while Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore have a positive and significant impact; economic growth on the capital structure has a negative and significant impact to the state of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam while Negara Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore have a positive and significant impact; contained internal influence on the capital structure for six ASEAN countries; There are internal and external influences on capital structure for ASEAN6<br />countries.<br />Keywords: Balance Sheet Effect, Internal and external factors, and capital structure.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

scholarly journals Ownership structure and capital structure: Evidence from the Jordanian capital market (1995-2003)

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghassan Omet
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Leverage Ratio ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structure Choice ◽  
Capital Structure Choice ◽  
The Capital Structure

The capital structure choice has generated a lot of interest in the corporate finance literature. This interest is due to several reasons including the fact that the mix of funds (leverage ratio) affects the cost and availability of capital and thus, firms’ investment decisions. To date, much of the empirical research has been applied on companies listed on advanced stock markets. This literature considered a variety of factors such as company size, profitability, asset tangibility, firm growth prospects and ownership structure as possible determinants of the capital structure choice. This paper examines the finances of Jordanian listed companies and the impact of their ownership structure on the capital structure choice. Based on a panel data methodology (1995-2003), the results indicate that while Jordanian companies are not highly leveraged, their ownership structure does have a significant impact on capital structure, and that much of the main-stream determinants of capital structure are applicable to the Jordanian scene.

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