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This paper addresses the differences between the Modigliani-Miller [M&M] model (1958, 1963) and the Miles-Ezzell [M&E] model (1980, 1985). The main difference between these two models concerns the stochasticity of the free cash flows. While M&M assumes a strictly stationary process, M&E's...
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This thesis analyses the impact of tax policy on firms' leverage ratios in a balanced panel of 129 medium-sized listed … companies from II European countries from 1993 to 2005. A general model of company leverage is applied within which King's tax … finance. Various leverage measures are studied to check for the robustness of the estimated model. Total debt is then …
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results. Study carried out by two of three set in the hypotheses. First, the amount of leverage and maturity there is a …
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recapitalization. The model reproduces known relations between firm size, leverage and growth opportunities. The model predicts that … firms time capital structure adjustments to their target leverage ratios with the exercise of their growth options. Compared … profitable firms have higher leverage. Firms facing low corporate tax rates choose not to issue any debt. Increases in volatility …
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study is aimed at empirical testing of hypotheses on how the level of financial leverage of corporations depends on … leverage and plays a prominent role in making financial decisions after the financial crisis. …
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Design/methodology/approach The study uses three models to examine the impact of credit rating on capital structure decisions within the framework of credit rating-capital structure hypotheses (broad rating, notch rating and investment or speculative grade). These hypotheses are tested by...
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the impact of government ownership on leverage is dependent on whether the government is the largest shareholder in a firm … non-government shareholder positively influences leverage. Overall, our results reveal that the largest controlling …
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macroeconomic anomalies, pervasive credit risk, poor corporate governance, and inefficient legal and regulatory framework; leverage …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the most significant determinants of capital structure of manufacturing firms in India and to investigate whether the capital structure models derived from foreign research provide convincing explanations for capital structure decisions of Indian...
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