What Determines the Capital Structure of the Largest Brazilian Firms? An Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data

Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Correa ◽  
Leonardo Cruz Basso ◽  
Wilson Toshiro Nakamura
2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Flavio Paulino Ramos Júnior ◽  
Isabela dos Santos ◽  
Luiz Eduardo Gaio ◽  
Nelson Oliveira Stefanelli ◽  
Ivan Carlin Passos

<p>This article aims to identify the determinants of the capital structure of Brazilian companies and compare it with financial theories. In addition, the normality periods (2007, 2009–2014) and financial crisis periods (2008 and 2015) will be considered in the analysis. The sample has 114 Brazilian public companies in the periods from 2007 to 2015. The methodology used for data analysis was multiple regression for panel data. The results showed that there are differences between the determinants of the capital structure in periods of crisis and of normality. Some of the hypotheses tested were accepted. These hypotheses relate financial theory to empirical analysis. Finally, the research contributed by demonstrating the main determinants of the capital structure in the analyzed periods, showing changes between such determinants.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
K. Maheswari ◽  
Dr. J. Gayathri ◽  
Dr. M. Babu ◽  
Dr.G. Indhumathi

The capital structure refers to the components of capital needed to establish and expand its business activities. The study was made with an objective to examine the determinants of capital structure of multinational and domestic companies listed in S&P BSE automobile sector. The study concluded that there is significant impact on capital structure determinants such as size, business risk, non debt shield tax, return on assets, tangibility, profit, return on capital employed and liquidity on the capital structure of multinational and domestic companies of Indian Automobile Sector.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Marcelo Rabelo Henrique ◽  
Sandro Braz Silva ◽  
Antônio Saporito ◽  
Sérgio Roberto da Silva

The present investigation refers to the determinants of the capital structure, using the technique of multiple regression through Panel Data of open capital companies in the stock exchanges of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, in order to know the behavior of determinants of the capital structure in relation to Trade-Off Theory (TOT) and Pecking Order Theory (POT). The POT offers the existence of a hierarchy in the use of sources of resources, while the TOT considers the existence of a target capital structure that would be pursued by the company. Sixteen accounting variables were used, in which five are dependent (related to indebtedness) and eleven are independent variables (explaining the determinants of the capital structure). It is observed that, with the use of the Panel Data, the determinants that seem to influence in a more accentuated way the levels of debt of the companies are: current liquidity, tangibility, return to shareholders, return of assets, sales growth, asset growth, market-to-book and business risk measured by the volatility of benefits. Suggestions for future research include the use of Panel Data to analyze other factors that may influence indebtedness, mainly taxes and dividends, as well as a deeper analysis of factors that may influence the speed of adjustment towards the supposed objective level.


2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-799
Author(s):  
Annalien de Vries

World economies experienced one of the worst recessions in recorded history in 2008. South Africa, as an emerging economy, did not escape the negative effects of the global recession, and, as a result, experienced its first recession in almost two decades. During a recession, firms may need to adjust their capital structure in response to the adverse circumstances. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the South African recession on the capital structure of firms listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). Panel data methodology was used for this study. The results indicate that the 2008-2009 South African recession did have a significant impact on the capital structure of South African firms and that financial managers actively managed their capital structure to adapt to the new environment and circumstances they were exposed to


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