What determines the speed of adjustment to the target capital structure? [PDF]
A dynamic adjustment model and panel methodology are used to investigate the determinants of a time varying target capital structure. Because firms may temporarily deviate from their target capital structure in the presence of adjustment costs, the adjustment process is also endogenized.
Wolfgang Drobetz, Gabrielle Wanzenried
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Target Capital Structure and Adjustment Speed in Asia [PDF]
AbstractStudies on the capital structure of Asian corporations are rare, and most of those studies support different explanations of financing decisions compared to the ones accepted for theUSAand Europe. We test relationships that are typical of the Tradeoff Theory and the Pecking Order Theory, and analyze the speed of adjustment toward target capital
Getzmann, André +2 more
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Purpose: Firms have different costs and benefits and asymmetric information across their life cycle stages and hence each stage has different financial pattern and speed of adjustment towards target capital.
Muhammad Sajid Amin +3 more
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A note on capital structure target adjustment – Indonesian evidence
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether existing capital structure target adjustment models are able to identify whether companies adjust their capital structures towards an (unobservable) target.Design/methodology/approachExisting capital structure target adjustment models are applied to a specific dataset by using different ...
Steven Li
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The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach [PDF]
Very limited studies have been done on the capital structure of Indonesian firms emphasizing on the existence of target capital structure and the affecting determinants and also the speed of adjustment to target leverage. Thus, this study aims to investigate these issues among the firms in Indonesia by using a dynamic model.
Razali Haron
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Capital Structure Adjustment Speed and the Effect of Boom and Recession on that: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange Listed Companies [PDF]
Objective: This study is aimed at measuring how fast adjustments are made on capital structures, for various industries, and investigating the impact of macroeconomic conditions, in terms of recession and boom, between 2011 and 2017.
Mahdi Zamani Sabzi +2 more
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Microeconomics and raw material price on capital structure adjustment through dynamic target in Indonesian textile industries [PDF]
This study aims to examine the effects of company-specific macroeconomic fluctuation in raw materials prices on the speed of adjustment through dynamic targeting capital structure on textile companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2012 ...
Dasman, Sunita +3 more
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M&A Activity and the Capital Structure of Target Firms
AbstractWe study 6,083 European firms that were acquired between 1999 and 2015. Soon after the acquisition, the acquired firms promptly and substantially close the gap between their actual leverage ratios and their target (optimal) ratios. Firms that were over- (under-) leveraged at the start of their acquisition year move their debt-to-assets ratio ...
Mark J. Flannery +3 more
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Adjustment Cost Determinants and Target Capital Structure [PDF]
Dynamic trade-off models of capital structure predict negative correlation between adjustment speed and adjustment costs. This paper empirically tests this prediction by bringing together elements from two strands of the literature: dynamic capital structure and security offerings literature.
Kostas Koufopoulos +1 more
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Effects of Inflation Rate Risk and Firm-Specific Risk on A Firm Capital Structure Adjustment: GMM Approach [PDF]
One of the most important duties of a firm’s financial managers is to select an optimal capital structure for it. The research hypotheses are developed based on the effects of both internal (firm specific risk) and external (inflation rate risk) risks of
mahdi moradi, Esmat Parhizkar malek Abad
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