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Testing the Pecking Order Theory with Financial Constraints

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Huili Chang, Frank M. Song
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Cash‐holding Benefits and Their Influence on Seasoned Equity Offering Decisions

Abacus, Volume 62, Issue 2, Page 647-672, June 2026.
This study investigates the cash‐holding motivations of issuers with excess cash. It aims to explain why these issuers choose to accumulate even more cash through stock issuances rather than utilize their existing surplus. I assess three competing cash‐holding motivation hypotheses: whether issuers raise cash: (i) to fund the needs of future growth ...
Ebrahim Bazrafshan
wiley   +1 more source

Common Pressures, Uneven Trajectories: The Variegated Europeanisation of Wage Regulation Institutions

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 286-298, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The debate on whether national industrial relations (IR) are experiencing convergence is a long‐standing one. Recently, scholars argue that we are witnessing a neoliberal convergence of national IR, understood as an increase in employers’ discretion.
Vincenzo Maccarrone
wiley   +1 more source

Functional equation modeling of adaptive operant-control systems via Matkowski fixed point theory. [PDF]

PLoS One
Monica S, Ramesh Kumar D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Capital structure determinants across sectors: Comparison of observed evidences from the use of time series and panel data estimators. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Rehan R, Abdul Hadi AR, Hussain HI, Adnan Hye QM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Firms' debt-equity decisions when the static tradeoff theory and the pecking order theory disagree

This paper tests the static tradeoff theory against the pecking order theory. We focus on an important difference in prediction: the static tradeoff theory argues that a firm increases leverage until it reaches its target debt ratio, while the pecking ...
Verwijmeren, Patrick, Verbeek, Marno, de Jong, Abe   +2 more
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Financial Statement Readability and Firm Debt Choice

Financial Management, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 229-250, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT Examining more than 16,000 firm‐year observations in the United States, we provide novel evidence showing that higher financial statement readability leads to a decrease in information asymmetry and the need for external monitoring, thereby reducing the reliance on bank debt relative to public debt.
Wajih Abbassi, Hamdi Ben‐Nasr, Sabri Boubaker, Arman Eshraghi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a Modern View of Pavlovian Conditioning in Applied Behavior Analysis. [PDF]

Perspect Behav Sci
Lewon M, Domjan M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unicorns' growth and financial flexibility before and after the IPO. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Zhou M, Kartanaitė I, Norvaišienė R, Kovalov B, Krušinskas R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Nurses' Experiences and Perspectives of Conscientious Objection in Practice: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 6, Page 5771-5789, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine nursing experiences and perspectives regarding conscientious objection in healthcare practice. Design Qualitative Systematic Review. Methods The studies were identified, screened and appraised using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) model and appraisal tools to assess the quality of the data and ensure rigorous evaluation.
Abdulrahman Alghathayan, Zaneta Smith, Morgan Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source