This article analyzes the determinants of capital structure of Tunisian companies in the light of various financial theories. We test empirically with a panel data approach, the three main theoretical frameworks addressing the capital structure of company; the Trade-off Theory, the Pecking Order...

This paper investigates the dynamics of capital structure of Japanese firms since the early 1990s to shed light on how far the reduction of excess leverage has progressed so far in Japan. Our main findings are as follows. First, the trade-off theory provides an appropriate framework to assess...

This study analyzes the market timing skill of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) fund managers of North America and Europe. We use a broad sample of 248 North American and 500 European SRI funds for the period of January 2001 - December 2011. Our result indicates that market timing skill...