This study investigates whether, and to what extent, dividend-paying firms follow pecking order behavior when altering their capital structure. Using a panel of 3173 U.S. firms from 1960 to 2020 (49,424 firm-year observations), we examine four financing activities: equity and debt issuance under...

Some giant US conglomerates are now undergoing corporate spin-offs or are considering such spin-offs in the near future. Corporate spin-offs offer a unique opportunity to assess corporate capital structure decisions. The leverage ratio of the spin-off firms represents their initial capital...

This review study seeks to assess the state of determinants of corporate capital structure over the last 7 years to aid discover gaps as opportunity for further research. The review used a sample of 68 published journal articles in divers high-ranked journals spanning the years 2014-2020. The...