Financial crisis in some developing country have affected Indonesia as a developing country as well. It changes business climate that force firms finds additional funding sources. Improper capital structure policy will give negative signal to investors about firm’s financial performance and...

Background: In spite of many years of rigorous exploration and several papers after Modigliani and Millers’ original work, surprisingly there is an absence of agreement even today among the finance specialists on the fundamental issue of corporate finance, concerning why finance managers...

Capital structure is one of the most critical decisions for firms in business. This study examines the role of macro (economic and non-economic) uncertainties in affecting firms’ capital structure management. Three prominent capital structure theories are tested for global resource firms: (1)...

Using US firms with over $5b market cap, this paper tests the impact of levered beta on the firm’s market value and optimal capital structure. Using the synthetic rating method in a recursive model, the paper shows the current and optimal weighted average cost of capital sensitivities as the...

The issue of capital structure in an enterprise is often described in the literature on the subject; however, theories are classified into various approaches, and their characteristics are often limited to selected theories. This work is an attempt at a synthetic presentation of the theory of...

The study reveals the influence of macroeconomic factors on decisions about the optimal capital structure formation under financial globalization, in view of ever-changing factors of the external economic and geopolitical environment. The study is aimed at empirical testing of hypotheses on how...